[seahorse/mallard-help: 140/288] Updated user help: introduction.page
- From: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/mallard-help: 140/288] Updated user help: introduction.page
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:23:15 +0000 (UTC)
commit 674b12a2222c58f7d3956914e796f97a6bf98888
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Mon Jun 17 22:08:00 2013 +0530
Updated user help: introduction.page
Corrected <p> indents.
Added the term "Algorithm" to the list.
help/C/introduction.page | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/introduction.page b/help/C/introduction.page
index 67d1c3a..ef13202 100644
--- a/help/C/introduction.page
+++ b/help/C/introduction.page
@@ -27,36 +27,40 @@
<title>Introduction</title>
<p><app>Passwords and Keys</app> helps you to communicate securely over the
- Internet and keep your files and data safe. It provides extremely advanced
- mathematical methods and highly secret keys to protect your files and
- communication. Some basic terms that you may encounter while reading this
- help are:</p>
+ Internet and keep your files and data safe. It provides advanced mathematical
+ methods and secret keys to protect your files and communication. Some basic
+ terms that you may encounter while reading this help are:</p>
<terms>
<item>
<title>Encryption</title>
- <p>Encryption is the process of making your important files and data
+ <p>Encryption is the process of making your important files and data
unreadable to anyone but the intended recipient. It is done by the
sender.</p>
</item>
<item>
+ <title>Algorithm</title>
+ <p>An algorithm is a sequence of steps used to encrypt or decrypt
+ data</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
<title>Decryption</title>
- <p>Decryption is the process of retrieving the original text from the
+ <p>Decryption is the process of retrieving the original text from the
encrypted message or file. It is done by the receiver.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Plaintext</title>
- <p>Any data or file that is readable by a recipient or a
- non-recipient.</p>
+ <p>Any data or file that is not encrypted, and therefore understood by
+ anyone who can access it, is called plaintext.</p>
</item>
<item>
<title>Key</title>
<p>A key is used to encrypt or decrypt your data. For example, if you
- wish to encrypt your personal messages by substituting every letter in
- the message with a new letter according to some substitution set you
- have, the substitution set would be a key because anyone who has the
- substitution set can decrypt your messages. <app>Passwords and
- Keys</app> uses highly complex and advanced mathematical means to
+ wish to encrypt a personal message by substituting every letter in the
+ message with a new letter according to some substitution set you have,
+ the substitution set would be a key because anyone who has the
+ substitution set can decrypt your message.
+ <app>Passwords and Keys</app> uses advanced mathematical means to
generate a key so that it is not guessable. Keys can be
<link xref="what-diff-private-public">private or public</link>.</p>
</item>
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