Openssh client: Invalid key length

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Error message from Openssh client when connecting to a Cisco router/switch:

 ssh_dispatch_run_fatal: Connection to 10.10.10.4 port 22: Invalid key length

Solution, execute in Cisco IOS:

crypto key zeroize rsa‎‎
crypto key generate rsa modulus 2048


OpenSSH 7.6 (October 2017)

  • Refuse keys length <1024 bits in length and improve reporting for keys that do not meet this requirement.


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