From: hertzog Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 07:50:40 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements. Closes: #643933 Thanks... X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=developers-reference.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=ded22d4e923a6229cfe418445ae406114fe44853 Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements. Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch. git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@8944 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d --- diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 0477be0..ca8f8c9 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ developers-reference (3.4.7) UNRELEASED; urgency=low Based on a patch by Luca Falavigna. * Refresh some ftpmaster-related information. Closes: #643932 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch. + * Update minimal GPG key length to match current requirements. + Closes: #643933 Thanks to Luca Falavigna for the patch. -- Raphaël Hertzog Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:19:21 +0200 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