[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 51/416] help: Edit key-strength-define.page
- From: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse/wip/userdocs: 51/416] help: Edit key-strength-define.page
- Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 20:33:44 +0000 (UTC)
commit d9d90aa5c52bf4c790712e9bc0cb50783f599636
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Mon Jul 1 19:14:53 2013 +0530
help: Edit key-strength-define.page
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makes the generated password less easy to guess, and thus, more secure.</p>
<p>The idea of key strength is similar. <app>Passwords and Keys</app>
- generates an uncommon and different number every single time you create a
- key, which you can think of as a secret password made by the key to keep
- your encrypted data safe. However, it is left to you to choose your key
- strength, which is the size of the generated random number. Key strength can
- be defined in terms of 1024, 1536 or 2048 bits.</p>
-
- <p>It is quite easy to see that higher the key strength, the more difficult
- and time consuming it is to guess the associated random number. 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. In fact it would take an average computer
- more than 14 billion years to crack a key that is 2048 bits long.</p>
+ 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>
<!-- stefw: I would suggest basing this page off the current
reccomendations for key strength. The basic concepts for key
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