[seahorse] help: Create key-fingerprint.page
- From: Ekaterina Gerasimova <egerasimov src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [seahorse] help: Create key-fingerprint.page
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:02:58 +0000 (UTC)
commit 51bf8fdc0dddbbba9a7d653e3e87e80cee5d21fe
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Sun Jun 23 14:58:59 2013 +0530
help: Create key-fingerprint.page
help/C/key-fingerprint.page | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/key-fingerprint.page b/help/C/key-fingerprint.page
index c391a8c..13e45b6 100644
--- a/help/C/key-fingerprint.page
+++ b/help/C/key-fingerprint.page
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
id="key-fingerprint">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="learn-about-keys" group="first"/>
+
<revision version="0.1" date="2011-10-23" status="stub"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.9" version="0.1" date="2013-06-23" status="draft"/>
- <credit type="author">
- <name>Jim Campbell</name>
- <email>jwcampbell gmail com</email>
+ <credit type="author copyright">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>aruna evam gmail com</email>
</credit>
<desc></desc>
@@ -15,13 +17,44 @@
<title>What is a key fingerprint?</title>
- <p>Short introductory text...</p>
+ <p>The fingerprint of a key is a unique sequence of alphabets and numbers
+ that identifies the key. Just like the thumbprints of two different people,
+ the fingerprints of two different keys can never be identical. The
+ fingerprint is the best way to identify a particular key.</p>
+
+ <p>A key has several properties like the name and email of the key owner,
+ key type, key expiration date and so on. When you are searching for a public
+ key and you find multiple keys with the same properties, the only way to
+ identify the key you are looking for is to compare the fingerprints of the
+ two keys with the fingerprint of the key you require.</p>
+
+ <p>It is the fingerprint of a key that is verified when you try to login to
+ a remote computer using <link xref="what-is-ssh-key">SSH</link>. While
+ signing a <link xref="what-is-pgp-key">PGP</link> key, you must always check
+ the key fingerprint to ensure that you are signing the correct key.</p>
- <steps>
- <item><p>First step...</p></item>
- <item><p>Second step...</p></item>
- <item><p>Third step...</p></item>
- </steps>
+<section id="fingerprint-ui">
+ <title>Fingerprints on <app>Passwords and Keys</app></title>
+
+ <p>You can look at the fingerprint of a key on
+ <app>Passwords and Keys</app> by checking the properties of the key.</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <title>To check the fingerprint:</title>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select the key of your choice.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Right click the key and select
+ <gui style="menuitem">Properties</gui>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>In the new dialog, select the <gui>Details</gui> tab.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>You can see the fingerprint of the key on the left hand side.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
<!-- stefw: Suggest documenting that the key fingerprint is the
only way to uniquely tell the difference between two keys.
@@ -38,4 +71,6 @@
you know signs a key, and vouches that the key with a given fingerprint
is owned by the person noted on the label.
-->
+</section>
+
</page>
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