Generating Keys, cont'd

• Next, you will chose the size of your ElGamal keypair
• (DSA key is 1024 bits)

• 	DSA keypair will have 1024 bits.
  	About to generate a new ELG-E keypair.
                    minimum keysize is  768 bits
                    default keysize is 1024 bits
          highest suggested keysize is 2048 bits
  	What keysize do you want? (1024) 
  	

• The larger your keypair, the more resistant it is to brute-force attacks
• The larger the keypair, the longer it takes to encrypt and decrypt data
• The default of 1024 bits is plenty, so press enter

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