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- * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
+ * It's now 64 bit clean and runs fine on an alpha--linux.
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+ * Key generation is much faster now. I fixed this by using not
+ so strong random number for the primes (this was a bug because the
+ ElGamal primes are public parameters and it does not make sense
+ to generate them from strong random). The real secret is the x value
+ which is still generated from strong (okay: /dev/random) random bits.
+ * added option "--status-fd": see g10/OPTIONS
* We have secure memeory on systems which support mlock().
It is not complete yet, because we do not have signal handler