> > Can this be done with out having to make a new private > > key? Or am I just barking up the wrong tree? > Absolutely not. > It's like saying, can I make a two-digit number into a three-digit number. > (You could add leading zero's, but that misses the whole point.)
Not quite. For RSA, the highest bit in the modulus must be set. In other words, for all 2048 bit RSA keys, the value of their modulus (which is a product of the two secret primes) must be greater than 2^2047. You cannot add leading zeros to the 512 bit modulus to make it bigger than 2^2047, that is impossible, in the same way that 1+1=3 is impossible. Note that all RSA public and private key operations involve applying a mod (division remainder) with the modulus. You cannot avoid it, you need to bute down the bullet and generate new RSA keyes, Alicia, ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
