[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 48/420] Edited key-strength-define.page
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/wip/userdocs: 48/420] Edited key-strength-define.page
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 17:03:30 +0000 (UTC)
commit e421d4210bb84562ff744163604f32f77343bc70
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Tue Jul 2 19:06:05 2013 +0530
Edited key-strength-define.page
Mostly rewording.
help/C/key-strength-define.page | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------
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<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 uncommon the password is. You try to satisfy
- these requirements by choosing a reasonably long password with a random mix
- of lower case and upper case alphabets, special characters, and numbers. This
- makes the generated password less easy to guess, and thus, more secure.</p>
+ 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 unique and different number every single time you create a key,
- which you can think of as a secret password that the key creates to keep your
- encrypted data safe. The size of this generated random number determines how
- strong your key is. In general, the larger the random number, the stronger
- the key. </p>
-
- <p>It is difficult and more time consuming to break a strong key, but since
- stronger keys also contain a large random number, they make the encryption
- process slow. You should choose your key strength in
- <app>Passwords and Keys</app> depending on how long you intend to use the
- key, that is, depending on how long you want the key to remain secure. Keys
- having a higher value of key strength remain secure for more number of years.
- It would take the average computer more than 14 billion years to crack a key
- that is 2048 bits long.</p>
+ 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>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>
<!-- stefw: I would suggest basing this page off the current
reccomendations for key strength. The basic concepts for key
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