Hello Brett,
I guess you mistook 384,400 to three lakh eighty four thousand four
hundred..
I meant key size of 384 or key size of 400..for these sizes the browsers give
problems,
I guess 1024 is optimum .
-Pradeep
"Brett W. McCoy" wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Pradeep kamath wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > I have had problems with browsers trying to access an Apache mod_ssl
> > server with private key size other than 1024 .For sizes of
> > 600bits,1025bits for the private key, IE is unable to connect to the
> > secure server,Netscape connects successfully.For key size of 384,400
> > both Netscape and IE do not connect.
>
> Why would you need to use a key that size? It's gonna slow things down to
> a crawl. Usually 1024 should be sufficient for a server key -- a good
> balance between speed and security.
>
> > I just wanted to know that for a private key size of 1024 whether all
> > browsers will connect without problems ....just want to know if there
> > are any known issues with using a 1024 bit private key on the server.
>
> Most browsers have problems with keys larger than 1024.
>
> -- Brett
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