[BlueOnyx:06763] Re: [coba-e:16681] Re: SSL Key Lenth too short. need 2048 or 4096

[Darrell D. Mobley]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darrell D. Mobley [mailto:dmobley at uhostme.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 6:41 PM
> To: 'coba-e at bluequartz.org'
> Subject: RE: [coba-e:16681] Re: SSL Key Lenth too short. need 2048 or 4096
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken - Precision Web Hosting, Inc
> [mailto:kenlists at precisionweb.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2010 6:19 PM
> > To: coba-e at bluequartz.org
> > Subject: [coba-e:16681] Re: SSL Key Lenth too short. need 2048 or 4096
> >
> > Here is the info on that:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/blueonyx@blueonyx.it/msg00755.html
> 
> About this line:
> 
> openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout key -nodes -out request
> 
> If that is what it takes to generate a larger key length (other than
> 1024), I wonder if we could make a feature request asking that a key
> length checkbox be added to the Signing Request GUI form?

I am posting this in BX as well.  My SSL cert company today told me they
aren't accepting anything below 2048 bit keys any longer.  Can we request
for an update to the GUI to allow us to pick 1024, 2048 or 4096 bit keys
(and maybe default it to 2048)?