increase the default RSA key size to 3072 bits

Stephan Mueller smueller at chronox.de
Thu Apr 18 09:29:48 CEST 2019


Am Donnerstag, 18. April 2019, 09:21:48 CEST schrieb ilf:

Hi,
> 
> This points to
> https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-57pt1r4.pd
> f#page=66
> 
> GnuPG 2.2.15 still has RSA 2048 as default, although Debian (and
> Debian-based distros) ship with 3072 as default.
> 
> I would be in favor of following OpenSSH and increasing the default RSA
> key size to 3072 bits.

Just FYI: 4096 will be allowed very soon.

Ciao
Stephan





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