I don't know about regulations in France, but AFAIK, this limitation applies to symetric keys, not private/public keys.
I think 384/512 bit RSA keys provide the same level of security as 64 bit DES keys. Hope that it helps, Regards, Alejandro Rusell > -----Mensaje original----- > De: Jason Jung [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Enviado el: Jueves, 16 de Mayo de 2002 02:23 p.m. > Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Asunto: 64 bit Key generation. How? > > > Greetings, > > I have a simple question: I am attempting to generate a 64 > bit key, because > apparently larger keys are illegal in France, yet I get the > following error: > "Private key is too short, it needs to be at least 384 bits, not 64." > > Is there a way to generate such keys? > > Thanks > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------- > Jason Jung > Software Designer > Eurekium Innovations Inc. > "Eurekium, the intelligent element." > Montreal, Canada > Tel. +1 514 286.6966 #150 > Fax. +1 514 286.6658 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
