Re: how long to generate a key pair?

From: Anthony Roberts (anthonyr-at-hotmail-dot-com_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/06/03

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    > On my 700MHz Athlon at an average load, it takes ca. 25s to generate a
    2048-bit
    > RSA key, and less than a minute to generate a 4096-bit key. Some of this
    > depends on whether you have a good enough source of random bits as well
    > as computing power.

    Well the maximum size is 32768, I'll experiment with anything up to that if
    I can get a key generated in less than a month or so.

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