Duplicate of ticket #2354. On Wednesday 19 Oct 2011 16:58:28 Daniel Kahn Gillmor via RT wrote: > The current default openssl.cnf appears to have default_bits = 1024: > > http://cvs.openssl.org/fileview?f=openssl/apps/openssl.cnf&v=1.23.4.6 > > however, NIST has recommended avoiding reliance on 1024-bit RSA keys > after 2010. > > See pages 63-66 of: > > http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-57/sp800-57-Part1-revised2_M > ar08-2007.pdf > > Please change default_bits in the stock openssl.cnf to 2048, or include > some clear justification for why the tool defaults to creating a > deprecated keysize. > > Thanks, > > --dkg > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > Development Mailing List openssl-dev@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
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