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 @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ 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. ECDSA-SK, Ed25519 and Ed25519-SK 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 @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ */ #define DEFAULT_BITS 4096 #define DEFAULT_BITS_DSA 1024 -#define DEFAULT_BITS_ECDSA 256 +#define DEFAULT_BITS_ECDSA 521 static int quiet = 0;