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Miscellaneous documentation updates. Finished a first draft of the

Pageant chapter; wrote something about passphrase lengths; added
\versionid to all chapters that didn't have it yet.

[originally from svn r1415]
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\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.6 2001/09/25 19:59:14 simon Exp $
\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.7 2001/11/25 16:57:45 simon Exp $
\# FIXME: passphrases, examples (e.g what does a key for pasting into
\# authorized_keys look like?), index entries, links.
@ -126,12 +126,16 @@ meaningful comment may help you remember which passphrase to use! You
should always enter a \e{Key passphrase} and \e{Confirm passphrase} to
protect your keys.
\# FIXME: Mention a good length for a passphrase. (I think Schneier
\# said something about this on counterpane.com once.)
\# In case people don't like the idea of exchanging a short password
\# typed every time for a longer passphrase typed every time, link
\# to the Pageant chapter.
(Choosing a good passphrase is difficult. Just as you shouldn't use
a dictionary word as a password because it's easy for an attacker to
run through a whole dictionary, you should not use a song lyric,
quotation or other well-known sentence as a passphrase. DiceWare
(\W{www.diceware.com}\cw{www.diceware.com}) recommends using at
least five words each generated randomly by rolling five dice, which
gives over 2^64 possible passwords and is probably not a bad scheme.
If you want your passphrase to make grammatical sense, this cuts
down the possibilities a lot and you should use a longer one as a
result.)
Finally save the key by pressing the \e{Save} button. Do not close the
window but proceed with step \k{pubkey-gettingready}, otherwise you