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I suspect that it's because 4096 is the largest permitted RSA key on most software right now. There is no 11 on that dial.

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Some allow larger keys. I once generated an 8192 bit key. It took a loooong time. Never used it. I guess that piece of software would have allowed 16k keys too.

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