Debian encouraging use of 4096 bit RSA keys

[Peter Gutmann]

"Perry E. Metzger" <perry at piermont.com> writes:

>One wonders what security model indicated 4096 bits is the ideal length....

The one that says that if you wind things up past 11 (4096 bits), various
things break.

(D'you really think they applied any kind of security analysis to the choice
of key size?  They just wound it up until they got to 11, then declared that
the new key size).

Peter.

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