[seahorse/mallard-help: 264/288] Page pgp-advanced-select-type completed.
- From: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/mallard-help: 264/288] Page pgp-advanced-select-type completed.
- Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:33:39 +0000 (UTC)
commit b776c1b7d0645820850d84befa90db9b6ef09c1d
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Fri Aug 16 00:22:32 2013 +0530
Page pgp-advanced-select-type completed.
Page gives very basic introduction to each key type in Seahorse.
help/C/pgp-advanced-select-type.page | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/pgp-advanced-select-type.page b/help/C/pgp-advanced-select-type.page
index 3e74ced..75a54a3 100644
--- a/help/C/pgp-advanced-select-type.page
+++ b/help/C/pgp-advanced-select-type.page
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
id="pgp-advanced-select-type">
<info>
- <link type="guide" xref="index#pgp-keys"/>
<link type="guide" xref="pgp-advanced-options"/>
<revision version="0.1" date="2011-06-17" status="draft"/>
@@ -18,11 +17,45 @@
<years>2013</years>
</credit>
- <desc>DSA-Elgamal or RSA? What are sign only keys?</desc>
+ <desc>Depending on your needs, create keys that can be used for signing
+ only or for both encryption and signing.</desc>
</info>
<title>Select key encryption type</title>
<!--To explain selection betwen RSA, DSA-Elgamal, RSA Sign only, DSA Sign only-->
+ <p>Using <app>Passwords and Keys</app>, you can create keys for encryption
+ and <link xref="about-key-signing">signing</link>, or for signing-only.</p>
+
+ <terms>
+ <title>Key types:</title>
+ <item>
+ <title>RSA</title>
+ <p>This key type can be used to sign and encrypt. It uses the RSA
+ algorithm for both.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>DSA-ELGamal</title>
+ <p>This key type can be used to sign and encrypt. It uses the DSA
+ algorithm while signing keys and the ELGamal algorithm for
+ encryption.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>RSA(sign only)</title>
+ <p>This key type can only be used to sign other keys. It uses the RSA
+ algorithm for the same.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <title>DSA(sign only)</title>
+ <p>This key type can only be used to sign other keys. It uses the DSA
+ algorithm for the same.</p>
+ </item>
+ </terms>
+
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>Both the RSA and DSA-ELGamal algorithms generate equally strong keys.
+ For all general purposes, any one of the two can be chosen.</p>
+ </note>
+
</page>
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