Max Keysize in dropbearkey ?

[Matt Johnston]

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 10:10:02PM +0200, Arne Bernin wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> i just tried to generate a 4096 bit dss key. dropbearkey
> exits with a: 
> Exited: bad buf_getwriteptr
> 
> maybe it would just be better to set a max allowed keysize
> and display a warning if the user tries to exceed this.
> Or at least it should be documented, i think.

What version are you using? Prior to 0.42 there were
problems with DSS keys larger than 1024 bits, now 4096 bit
keys should work fine. (Dropbearkey won't let you try to
generate keys where the keysize < 512 or keysize > 4096).

I'll take another look where it might be failing.

Matt