[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#878303: genrsa manpage suggests using 1024 bit keys

[Sebastian Andrzej Siewior]

control: forwarded -1 https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4547

On 2017-10-13 14:15:13 [+0100], Toni Mueller wrote:
> Hi Sebastian,
Hi Toni,

> that's also one way to go about it, but while we are at it, can we
> change the "should" to a "must"? 

The chapter just vanished. See the pull req.

> Or can the software actually generate
> primes which are even smaller than 64 bits? 

technically yes.

> And what would be the
> applicability of such small keys, anyway?

Education I guess. So I used to do RSA with a pen, paper and a
calculator while learning these kind of things :)

> 
> Cheers,
> --Toni++

Sebastian