This is false. 2048 bit is expected to last only 6 more years by cautious projections, and only until 2030 by conservative projections: Method Dat

This is false. 2048 bit is expected to last only 6 more years by cautious projections, and only until 2030 by conservative projections: Method Date Symmetric Asymmetric Discrete Key Logarithm Group Elliptic Curve Hash Lenstra/Verheul 2023 88 2054 1632 155 2054 166 175 Lenstra Updated 2030 88 1698 2063 176 1698 176 176 ECRYPT II 2016-2020 96 1776 192 1776 192 192 NIST 2011-2030 112 2048 224 2048 224 224 ANSSI 2010-2020 100 2048 200 2048 200 200 RFC3766 - 103 2056 206 2056 192 - BSI (sig. only) > 2020 - 1976 256 2048 250 256 Source: http://www.keylength.com/ http://www.keylength.com/ I agree that 8192 is overkill. GNUtls 3.0.28: certtool -p --sec-param=high comes out to 3248 bits.