[seahorse/mallard-help: 283/335] Mark key-strength-define.page for review.
- From: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/mallard-help: 283/335] Mark key-strength-define.page for review.
- Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 15:11:40 +0000 (UTC)
commit e1e944334095f452e293f6ba442779ea6f11e80e
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Tue Jul 23 16:06:12 2013 -0400
Mark key-strength-define.page for review.
help/C/key-strength-define.page | 35 +++++++++++++++--------------------
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/key-strength-define.page b/help/C/key-strength-define.page
index 55dbf31..3e35a78 100644
--- a/help/C/key-strength-define.page
+++ b/help/C/key-strength-define.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<link type="guide" xref="learn-about-keys" group="second"/>
<revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
- <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-21" status="draft"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-21" status="review"/>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
@@ -20,27 +20,22 @@
<title>What does key strength mean?</title>
- <p>Whenever you pick a password, there are two factors to consider: the
- length of the password and how easy it is to guess the password. Choosing a
- reasonably long password with a random mix of lower case and upper case
- alphabets, special characters, and numbers makes your password hard to guess,
- and thus, more secure.</p>
-
- <p>The idea of key strength is similar. <app>Passwords and Keys</app>
- generates a random set of characters every time you create a key, which acts
- as a secret cipher that the key uses to encrypt your data. The length of
- this generated random sequence determines how strong your key is. In
- general, the longer the sequence, stronger is the generated key.</p>
+ <p>The strength of a key is determined by its length. <app>Passwords and
+ Keys</app> generates a random set of characters every time you create a key.
+ These random characters act as a secret cipher that the key uses to encrypt
+ your data. The length of this generated random sequence determines how strong
+ your key is. In general, the longer the sequence, stronger is the generated
+ key.</p>
<p>It is difficult and more time consuming to break a strong key, but
- stronger keys also slow down the encryption and signing process because they
- contain more characters and are bigger in size. You should choose your key
- strength in <app>Passwords and Keys</app> depending on how long you want to
- use they key. If you are going to be using they key for a very short period,
- a small key is sufficient while stronger keys should be generated if you are
- going to use them for longer periods of time. It would take the average
- computer more than 14 billion years to crack a key that is 2048 bits
- long.</p>
+ stronger keys also slow down the encryption and signing process. You should
+ choose your key strength in <app>Passwords and Keys</app> depending on how
+ long you want to use they key. If you are going to be using the key for a
+ very short period, a small key is sufficient while stronger keys should be
+ generated if you are going to use them for longer periods of time. It would
+ take the average computer more than 14 billion years to crack a key that is
+ 2048 bits long, thus a 2048 bit key is usually sufficient for general
+ usage.</p>
<!-- stefw: I would suggest basing this page off the current
reccomendations for key strength. The basic concepts for key
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