[seahorse/mallard-help: 283/335] Mark key-strength-define.page for review.



commit e1e944334095f452e293f6ba442779ea6f11e80e
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date:   Tue Jul 23 16:06:12 2013 -0400

    Mark key-strength-define.page for review.

 help/C/key-strength-define.page |   35 +++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/key-strength-define.page b/help/C/key-strength-define.page
index 55dbf31..3e35a78 100644
--- a/help/C/key-strength-define.page
+++ b/help/C/key-strength-define.page
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <link type="guide" xref="learn-about-keys" group="second"/>
 
     <revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
-    <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-21" status="draft"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-21" status="review"/>
 
     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
 
@@ -20,27 +20,22 @@
 
   <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 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 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>The strength of a key is determined by its length. <app>Passwords and
+  Keys</app> generates a random set of characters every time you create a key.
+  These random characters act 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>
+  stronger keys also slow down the encryption and signing process. 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 the 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, thus a 2048 bit key is usually sufficient for general
+  usage.</p>
 
   <!-- stefw: I would suggest basing this page off the current
     reccomendations for key strength. The basic concepts for key


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