[Bug 1862] document ECDSA within the "-b" option of the ssh-keygen manpage

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Wed Apr 13 14:10:43 EST 2011


https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1862

Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

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                 CC|                            |djm at mindrot.org
             Blocks|                            |1845
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |FIXED

--- Comment #1 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2011-04-13 14:10:43 EST ---
good point, the text now reads:

> For ECDSA keys, the -b flag determines they key 
> length by selecting from one of three elliptic 
> curve sizes: 256, 384 or 521 bits.  Attempting 
> to use bit lengths other than these three values 
> for ECDSA keys will fail.

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