From b7efa3494288c18a88035fdde20c1e7d722c0328 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Tatham Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:14:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Arrgh, and "password" should be spelled "passphrase". [originally from svn r1419] --- doc/pubkey.but | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/pubkey.but b/doc/pubkey.but index 3069350c..5be9cf3f 100644 --- a/doc/pubkey.but +++ b/doc/pubkey.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.8 2001/11/25 17:12:23 simon Exp $ +\versionid $Id: pubkey.but,v 1.9 2001/11/25 17:14:00 simon Exp $ \# FIXME: passphrases, examples (e.g what does a key for pasting into \# authorized_keys look like?), index entries, links. @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ run through a whole dictionary, you should not use a song lyric, quotation or other well-known sentence as a passphrase. DiceWare (\W{http://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 +which gives over 2^64 possible passphrases 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.)