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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Ratsforthepoor on July 27, 2013, 01:15 pm
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When I'm generating a new key pair, in the advance options, it gives me a pull down menu under the heading: Length.
The options are 1024, 2048, 3072 and 4096. Which should I choose?
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Swing for the fences, go for the longest length. A long private key with a good strong password would theoretically take a lot longer to crack than a short key.
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Thanks man. That is kind of what i was assuming. So it's the norm for people to go for 4096?
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And what about an expiry date? should I make it expire? I don't really see why you would want it to expire.
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I would stick with 2048, personally. Nobody is going to be trying to crack your key. It's much easier to slip around encryption than to bust through it. And no, I wouldn't bother with an expiry date either.