Re: Key Sizes from Eric Roman on 2016-02-26 (public-webcrypto@w3.org from February 2016)

From: Eric Roman <ericroman@google.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:41:24 -0800
To: Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com>
Cc: David Leon Gil <coruus@gmail.com>, Jim Schaad <ietf@augustcellars.com>, "public-webcrypto@w3.org" <public-webcrypto@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAFswn4nCr+7wBLA8JQW1+qwOPDbkX8iBiAq_smU4SSvLuQLBEA@mail.gmail.com>

Chromium's implementation limits the modulus size to:
     >= 256 bits   and <= 16384 bits

When it comes to generating RSA keys.

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Ryan Sleevi <sleevi@google.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 3:21 PM, David Leon Gil <coruus@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 1. Do any implementations limit support for short RSA keys? (I actually
>> doubt it.)
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> Yes
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>> 2. Do any implementations have maximum sizes for RSA keys? (Not sure
>> whether they do.)
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> Yes. OS X, for example, caps at 8K.
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Received on Friday, 26 February 2016 23:41:53 UTC