From 255d3e004c53c1e842f9363e9685d1d05923990b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: djm Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 03:52:18 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] - (djm) OpenBSD CVS Sync - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2005/10/07 11:13:57 [ssh-keygen.c] change DSA default back to 1024, as it's defined for 1024 bits only and this causes interop problems with other clients. moreover, in order to improve the security of DSA you need to change more components of DSA key generation (e.g. the internal SHA1 hash); ok deraadt --- ChangeLog | 10 ++++++++++ ssh-keygen.c | 12 +++++++++--- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 1d14a3ee..47067080 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +20051105 + - (djm) OpenBSD CVS Sync + - markus@cvs.openbsd.org 2005/10/07 11:13:57 + [ssh-keygen.c] + change DSA default back to 1024, as it's defined for 1024 bits only + and this causes interop problems with other clients. moreover, + in order to improve the security of DSA you need to change more + components of DSA key generation (e.g. the internal SHA1 hash); + ok deraadt + 20051102 - (dtucker) [openbsd-compat/bsd-misc.c] Bug #1108: fix broken strdup(). Reported by olavi at ipunplugged.com and antoine.brodin at laposte.net diff --git a/ssh-keygen.c b/ssh-keygen.c index 92803da4..89686f5a 100644 --- a/ssh-keygen.c +++ b/ssh-keygen.c @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ */ #include "includes.h" -RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.c,v 1.129 2005/09/13 23:40:07 djm Exp $"); +RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.c,v 1.130 2005/10/07 11:13:57 markus Exp $"); #include #include @@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ RCSID("$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.c,v 1.129 2005/09/13 23:40:07 djm Exp $"); #endif #include "dns.h" -/* Number of bits in the RSA/DSA key. This value can be changed on the command line. */ -u_int32_t bits = 2048; +/* Number of bits in the RSA/DSA key. This value can be set on the command line. */ +#define DEFAULT_BITS 2048 +#define DEFAULT_BITS_DSA 1024 +u_int32_t bits = 0; /* * Flag indicating that we just want to change the passphrase. This can be @@ -1217,6 +1219,8 @@ main(int ac, char **av) out_file, strerror(errno)); return (1); } + if (bits == 0) + bits = DEFAULT_BITS; if (gen_candidates(out, memory, bits, start) != 0) fatal("modulus candidate generation failed\n"); @@ -1258,6 +1262,8 @@ main(int ac, char **av) } if (!quiet) printf("Generating public/private %s key pair.\n", key_type_name); + if (bits == 0) + bits = (type == KEY_DSA) ? DEFAULT_BITS_DSA : DEFAULT_BITS; private = key_generate(type, bits); if (private == NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "key_generate failed"); -- 2.45.1