[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 60/433] New page: key-strength-select.page
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/wip/userdocs: 60/433] New page: key-strength-select.page
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:30:47 +0000 (UTC)
commit 934e90a925f4fc461d2be0d1632e6df18f8ca002
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Tue Jul 2 19:06:21 2013 +0530
New page: key-strength-select.page
Added information on selecting the right key strength.
May need more work.
help/C/key-strength-select.page | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/key-strength-select.page b/help/C/key-strength-select.page
index 578628d..1f871cc 100644
--- a/help/C/key-strength-select.page
+++ b/help/C/key-strength-select.page
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#create-keys" group="second"/>
<revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-07-02" status="draft"/>
- <credit type="author">
- <name>Jim Campbell</name>
- <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
- <years>2011</years>
+ <credit type="author copyright">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>aruna evam gmail com</email>
+ <years>2013</years>
</credit>
<desc></desc>
@@ -16,18 +17,25 @@
<title>What key strength should I use?</title>
- <comment>
- <cite date="2011-10-23" href="mailto:jwcampbell gmail com">Jim Campbell</cite>
- <p>This assumes the reader knows how to.... By the end of this page,
- the reader will be able to....</p>
- </comment>
-
- <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+ <p>When you create a key or a subkey you can choose its
+ <link xref="key-strength-define">key strength</link>.
+ <app>Passwords and Keys</app> gives you a key strength of 2048 bits by
+ default.</p>
<steps>
- <item><p>First step...</p></item>
- <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
- <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
+ <title>Selecting your key strength:</title>
+ <item>
+ <p>While <link xref="create-pgp-key">creating a PGP key</link>, you
+ can expand the <gui>Advanced key options</gui> panel to select settings
+ for key strength.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>The default key strength is 2048 bits. To increase or decrease it,
+ click the <gui style="button">+</gui> and <gui style="button">-</gui>
+ buttons in the <gui>Key Strength(bits)</gui> line.
+ <app>Passwords and Keys</app> offers key strengths ranging from 1024
+ bits to 4096 bits.</p>
+ </item>
</steps>
</page>
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