X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=new-maintainer.dbk;h=eac77378ffdfaa445541dff7ea575d22f3b7e5b9;hp=2cd95f27fb0c42aa46f05061b88793ffc1ed88b2;hb=ee1ac48aaa5c3c252a4b7733df537a67d19a827d;hpb=f7c28267a332a4043fa6f1e8149b4fd98ec26da9 diff --git a/new-maintainer.dbk b/new-maintainer.dbk index 2cd95f2..eac7737 100644 --- a/new-maintainer.dbk +++ b/new-maintainer.dbk @@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ OpenPGP is an open standard based on RFC 2440. -You need a version 4 key for use in Debian Development. Your key length must -be at least 1024 bits; there is no reason to use a smaller key, and doing so +You need a version 4 key for use in Debian Development. Your key length must +be greater than 1024 bits; there is no reason to use a smaller key, and doing so would be much less secure. Version 4 keys are keys conforming to the OpenPGP standard as defined in RFC 2440. Version 4 is the key type that has always been created when using GnuPG. PGP versions since 5.x also could