Re: Generating 2048 bit RSA Keys on new Aladdin eToken 64k

Ralf Hornik Mailings wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> when I create a pkcs15 structure on my eToken I can only generate or store
> max 1024 bit keys. The new 64k pro eToken can handle 2048 bit keys and
> pcscd is compiled with extended apdu.
>
> The relevant opensc source tells me that it first calls the funktion
> check_key_compatibility() what must return nonzero.
>
> However, it checks the cardos, keyformat, keyusage and keybits, and it
> returns zero, or undef when keybits is 2048.

what does cardos-info give you ?

> In the opensc docu I can see, that generating 2048 bit keys with pkcs15 is
> possible in general and CardOS 4.2 and pcscd 1.3.0 supports it, so I

cardos m4.2 only supports 2048 bit keys if the proper package
has been installed

Cheers,
Nils