Public bug reported: The instructions in the Ubuntu Server Guide for creating a certificate signing request (for instance at https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/certificates-and- security.html) are out of date in that they instruct the user to create a 1024-bit key:
"openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024" Most certificate authorities no longer accept 1024-bit RSA keys and instead require a minimum key size of 2048. The instructions could be amended to replace "1024" with "2048" (and the corresponding sample output text modified to match) without additional changes. ** Affects: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/809514 Title: Instructions for creating SSL CSR in server guide are out of date To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/809514/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs