[seahorse/wip/userdocs: 211/423] New page: key-strength-select.page



commit 4f9a609b4a163d916fc37b8e1afffdd6bb10109b
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date:   Tue Jul 2 19:06:21 2013 +0530

    New page: key-strength-select.page
    
    Added information on selecting the right key strength.
    May need more work.

 help/C/key-strength-select.page |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/key-strength-select.page b/help/C/key-strength-select.page
index 578628d..1f871cc 100644
--- a/help/C/key-strength-select.page
+++ b/help/C/key-strength-select.page
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="index#create-keys" group="second"/>
     <revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-07-02" status="draft"/>
 
-    <credit type="author">
-      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
-      <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
-      <years>2011</years>
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+      <email>aruna evam gmail com</email>
+      <years>2013</years>
     </credit>
 
     <desc></desc>
@@ -16,18 +17,25 @@
 
   <title>What key strength should I use?</title>
 
-  <comment>
-    <cite date="2011-10-23" href="mailto:jwcampbell gmail com">Jim Campbell</cite>
-    <p>This assumes the reader knows how to.... By the end of this page,
-    the reader will be able to....</p>
-  </comment>
-
-  <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+  <p>When you create a key or a subkey you can choose its
+  <link xref="key-strength-define">key strength</link>.
+  <app>Passwords and Keys</app> gives you a key strength of 2048 bits by
+  default.</p>
 
   <steps>
-    <item><p>First step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
-    <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
+    <title>Selecting your key strength:</title>
+      <item>
+       <p>While <link xref="create-pgp-key">creating a PGP key</link>, you
+       can expand the <gui>Advanced key options</gui> panel to select settings
+       for key strength.</p>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <p>The default key strength is 2048 bits. To increase or decrease it,
+       click the <gui style="button">+</gui> and <gui style="button">-</gui>
+       buttons in the <gui>Key Strength(bits)</gui> line.
+       <app>Passwords and Keys</app> offers key strengths ranging from 1024
+       bits to 4096 bits.</p>
+      </item>
   </steps>
 
 </page>


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