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Date:      Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:14:51 -0400
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org>
To:        "J. Hellenthal" <jhellenthal@dataix.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Add rc.conf variables to control host key length
Message-ID:  <20455.26411.117114.791974@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20120624185217.GA11320@DataIX.net>
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<<On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:52:17 -0400, "J. Hellenthal" <jhellenthal@dataix.net> said:

> 2048 is well more than efficient. Speaking soley for RSA in that matter.

I asked R. about that a few months back, and he expressed the view
that 2,048 bits is the *minimum* RSA key size anyone should consider
using at this point.  I'm willing to take his word for it.

-GAWollman



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