Bug#598732: /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf should use 2048 bits

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>]

Package: ssl-cert
Version: 1.0.26
Severity: normal

this is the shipped version of /usr/share/ssl-cert/ssleay.cnf, which
is used for make-ssl-cert to generate the default key and "snakeoil"
certificate.

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#
# SSLeay example configuration file.
#

RANDFILE                = /dev/urandom

[ req ]
default_bits            = 1024
default_keyfile         = privkey.pem
distinguished_name      = req_distinguished_name
prompt                  = no
policy			= policy_anything

[ req_distinguished_name ]
commonName                      = @HostName@

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It should default to 2048 bits at least, not 1024.

 * many free software crypto tools are defaulting to 2048-bit keys now
   (e.g. OpenSSH, GnuPG)

 * NIST has recommended avoiding reliance on 1024-bit keys after the
   end of 2010

 * you can compare other comparable standards at http://keylength.com/

It would be a shame if squeeze shipped with this default set below
some common expectations of a key to last at least the lifetime of a
debian release.

Thanks for maintaining ssl-cert!

       --dkg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.36-rc5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages ssl-cert depends on:
ii  adduser                       3.112      add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.35     Debian configuration management sy
ii  openssl                       0.9.8o-2   Secure Socket Layer (SSL) binary a

ssl-cert recommends no packages.

Versions of packages ssl-cert suggests:
ii  openssl-blacklist             0.5-2      list of blacklisted OpenSSL RSA ke

-- debconf information excluded