16384 bit RSA key

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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What's the largest bit RSA key supported by OpenWrt 18.x? I had no luck with a 16384 key.
Thanks

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are you talking about ssh keys?

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Sorry, yes. Thanks for asking.

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See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39068473/what-is-the-maximum-length-of-private-and-public-rsa-keys for example, including a reference to a discussion of problems with 16k modulus.

In general, I agree with the comment in that thread

If you start hitting the limits, then it usually indicates its time to switch to elliptic curves. 16K RSA and 521-bit EC provides about 512-bits of security.

as well as wondering why one with such levels of security would be running an unhardened OS, such as without SELinux and the like for a Linux-based OS.

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