Re: DSA 2048 bit keys?

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On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Scott Neugroschl <scott_n@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is there a reason ssh-keygen restricts DSA keys to exactly 1024 bits,
> given that NIST is recommending a minimum of 2048?
>

NIST also requires that DSA keys longer than 1024 bits use a hash stronger
than SHA1 while the SSH RFC require the use of SHA1.

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1647

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