Re: [ietf-dkim] need for clarification on key size

2015-01-27 Thread A. Schulze
John R. Levine: > The most likely issue would be that the TXT records don't fit in a > 512 byte response packet which is a problem for some cruddy > middleboxes. that was exactly the reason I started using 4k keys. I wanted to make sure at least my infrastructure could handle DNS over TCP ev

Re: [ietf-dkim] need for clarification on key size

2015-01-27 Thread John R. Levine
>> The most likely issue would be that the TXT records don't fit in a 512 byte >> response packet which is a problem for some cruddy middleboxes. > > that was exactly the reason I started using 4k keys. I wanted to make sure > at least my infrastructure could handle DNS over TCP everywhere. That'

Re: [ietf-dkim] need for clarification on key size

2015-01-27 Thread John R. Levine
> Signer using a key larger then 2048 (like I do for years now) aren't > inside the specification because there is no MUST on the validation > side. > From operational perspective I experience no drawback using 4k RSA > keys for DKIM. I'm not surprised that 4K keys work. Most crypto software c