Bug 2157 - [man] ssh-keygen page says ECDSA keys can be 521 bits
Summary: [man] ssh-keygen page says ECDSA keys can be 521 bits
Status: CLOSED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Documentation (show other bugs)
Version: 6.2p1
Hardware: All All
: P5 minor
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Reported: 2013-10-09 04:34 AEDT by Mikael Nordfeldth
Modified: 2015-08-11 23:02 AEST (History)
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Change "521" to "512" bits (86 bytes, patch)
2013-10-09 04:34 AEDT, Mikael Nordfeldth 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Mikael Nordfeldth 2013-10-09 04:34:12 AEDT 
Created attachment 2346 [details]
Change "521" to "512" bits

Just noticed when looking up how to make an ECDSA key that you apparently can do 521 bit keys, rather than 512.

First source I found to link: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/ssh/ssh-keygen.1
("openssh-6.3 for release" in version.h at that repository as of writing)

I can only assume this is incorrect and that the documentation should state 512 bits instead.

I have no idea whether the patch is in a proper format for you to receive. But then again, it's tiny.
Comment 1 Mikael Nordfeldth 2013-10-09 04:35:42 AEDT 
Haha, no never mind! I was just corrected as I was pressing submit. Apparently it _is_ 521. I apologise.
Comment 2 Damien Miller 2015-08-11 23:02:54 AEST 
Set all RESOLVED bugs to CLOSED with release of OpenSSH 7.1