Author: Daniel Baumann Description: Setting default ECDSA size in ssh-keygen to 521. diff -Naurp openssh.orig/ssh-keygen.1 openssh/ssh-keygen.1 --- openssh.orig/ssh-keygen.1 +++ openssh/ssh-keygen.1 @@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ For ECDSA keys, the flag determines the 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. +will fail and the default is 521 bits. Ed25519 keys have a fixed length and the .Fl b flag will be ignored. diff -Naurp openssh.orig/ssh-keygen.c openssh/ssh-keygen.c --- openssh.orig/ssh-keygen.c +++ openssh/ssh-keygen.c @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ /* Number of bits in the RSA/DSA key. This value can be set on the command line. */ #define DEFAULT_BITS 4096 #define DEFAULT_BITS_DSA 1024 -#define DEFAULT_BITS_ECDSA 256 +#define DEFAULT_BITS_ECDSA 521 u_int32_t bits = 0; /*