RSA maximum key size

From: Novice (6tc1ATqlinkDOTqueensuDOTca)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 18:58:01 -0800

Hey all, I have a question about what key lengths are supported by RSA
encryption in .Net (through RSACryptoServiceProvider). I have checked using
code - something like this:
RSACryptoServiceProvider RSA = new RSACryptoServiceProvider();
RSA.LegalKeySize[0].MaxKeySize

and I found that it supports 16384 bit keys.

Isn't the current standard for a "good" key length (difficult to deduce
through cryptoanalysis) - 1024 or 2048 bit encryption?

Lastly, I have read that though the officially supported key length is 16384
bits - the modulus that RSA will end up using is inappropriate. What I'm
asking is whether the .Net libraries are actually capable of supporting the
maximum key length size that they indicate.

Thanks,
Novice

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