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Changing the default key strength before the first server installs


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Having encountered this need only one time from a customer that I can recall, it was interesting to run across this little snippet in some documentation.  Funny how these things pop up much later when you least expect them.

Domino first server setup creates IDs with a default public key width of 1024 bits. If a different key width is required, run SETUP.EXE to install the Domino files but before starting the server, open the server's NOTES.INI file, and then set  SETUP_FIRST_SERVER_PUBLIC_KEY_WIDTH to the desired key width.  For example, for Domino R5-compatible keys, install the files for the Domino server by running SETUP.EXE, but before starting the server, open the NOTES.INI file and then set SETUP_FIRST_SERVER_PUBLIC_KEY_WIDTH=630. The public key width can be set to either 630 or 1024 when using the NOTES.INI variable.