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commit d7c6e38b87efab1f140745fd8b1106b82e6e4a68
Author: dtucker at openbsd.org <dtucker at openbsd.org>
Date:   Fri Apr 19 05:47:44 2019 +0000

    upstream: Document new default RSA key size. From
    
    sebastiaanlokhorst at gmail.com via bz#2997.
    
    OpenBSD-Commit-ID: bdd62ff5d4d649d2147904e91bf7cefa82fe11e1
---
 ssh-keygen.1 | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1
index 12445657..f2977424 100644
--- a/ssh-keygen.1
+++ b/ssh-keygen.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.157 2019/03/05 16:17:12 naddy Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.158 2019/04/19 05:47:44 dtucker Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>
 .\" Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo at cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
 .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 5 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 19 2019 $
 .Dt SSH-KEYGEN 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ This option specifies the number of primality tests to perform.
 Show the bubblebabble digest of specified private or public key file.
 .It Fl b Ar bits
 Specifies the number of bits in the key to create.
-For RSA keys, the minimum size is 1024 bits and the default is 2048 bits.
-Generally, 2048 bits is considered sufficient.
+For RSA keys, the minimum size is 1024 bits and the default is 3072 bits.
+Generally, 3072 bits is considered sufficient.
 DSA keys must be exactly 1024 bits as specified by FIPS 186-2.
 For ECDSA keys, the
 .Fl b

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