On Sun, Apr 15, 2012, Matt Caswell ([email protected]) wrote: > > First of all there is nothing about the openssl EC library that > restricts the key length. >
Well there is a limit on key sizes for public key algorithms to avoid their use as a DoS attack. This limit is currently 661 bits for EC keys and 16384 bits for RSA keys. The limits can be increased at compile time. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [email protected]
