From 1dc7f55a4095ee42ce2d8c3eb41b7162edf2ca2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Neal H. Walfield" Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:13:57 +0100 Subject: doc: Improve documentation of --enable-large-rsa. * doc/gpg.texi (--enable-large-rsa): Improve text. -- Signed-off-by: Neal H. Walfield Suggested-by: Bernhard Reiter --- doc/gpg.texi | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/gpg.texi b/doc/gpg.texi index 810f39da5..89e098dcd 100644 --- a/doc/gpg.texi +++ b/doc/gpg.texi @@ -1227,10 +1227,12 @@ the opposite meaning. The options are: @itemx --disable-large-rsa @opindex enable-large-rsa @opindex disable-large-rsa -With --gen-key and --batch, enable the creation of larger RSA secret -keys than is generally recommended (up to 8192 bits). These large -keys are more expensive to use, and their signatures and -certifications are also larger. +With --gen-key and --batch, enable the creation of RSA secret keys as +large as 8192 bit. Note: 8192 bit is more than is generally +recommended. These large keys don't significantly improve security, +but they are more expensive to use, and their signatures and +certifications are larger. This option is only available if the +binary was build with large-secmem support. @item --enable-dsa2 @itemx --disable-dsa2 -- cgit v1.2.3