HP 5920 User Manual

rsa: Creates an RSA key pair.
name key-name: Assigns a name to the key pair. The key-name argument is a case-insensitive string of
1 to 64 characters, including letters, digits, and hyphens (-). If no name is assigned, the public key pair
takes the default name.
Table 20 Default local key pair names
T
yp
e Default name
RSA
• Host key pair: hostkey
• Server key pair: serverkey
DSA dsakey
ECDSA ecdsakey
Usage guidelines
The key algorithm must be the same as required by the security application.
The key modulus length must be appropriate (see Table 21). The longer the key modulus length, the
higher the security, and the longer the key generation time.
If you do not assign the key pair a name, the system assigns the default name to the key pair and marks
the key pair as default. You can also assign the default name to another key pair, but the system does not
mark the key pair as default.
The name of a key pair must be unique among all manually named key pairs that use the same key
algorithm, but can be the same as a key pair that uses a different key algorithm. If a name conflict occurs,
the system asks whether you want to overwrite the existing key pair.
The key pairs are automatically saved and can survive system reboots.
Table 21 A comparison of different types of asymmetric key pairs
T
yp
e Number of ke
y
p
airs Modulus len
g
th HP recommendation
RSA (in
non-FIPS
mode)
• If you specify a key pair name, the
command creates a host key pair.
• If you do not specify a key pair name,
the command creates one server key
pair and one host key pair, and both
key pairs use their default names.
512 to 2048 bits.
1024 by default.
At least 768 bits.
RSA
(in FIPS
mode)
If you do not specify a key pair name, the
command only creates a host key pair,
and the key pair uses the default name.
2048 bits. N/A
DSA (in
non-FIPS
mode)
The command only creates one host key
pair.
512 to 2048 bits.
1024 by default.
At least 768 bits.
DSA
(in FIPS
mode)
The command only creates one host key
pair.
2048 bits. N/A
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