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Diffstat (limited to 'ssh-keygen.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | ssh-keygen.1 | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ssh-keygen.1 b/ssh-keygen.1 index 622cb5c99..d8baa43bc 100644 --- a/ssh-keygen.1 +++ b/ssh-keygen.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.50 2001/10/25 21:14:32 markus Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.51 2001/11/21 18:49:14 stevesk Exp $ .\" .\" -*- nroff -*- .\" @@ -111,10 +111,14 @@ The program also asks for a passphrase. The passphrase may be empty to indicate no passphrase (host keys must have an empty passphrase), or it may be a string of arbitrary length. -Good passphrases are 10-30 characters long and are +A passphrase is similar to a password, except it can be a phrase with a +series of words, punctuation, numbers, whitespace, or any string of +characters you want. +Good passphrases are 10-30 characters long, are not simple sentences or otherwise easily guessable (English prose has only 1-2 bits of entropy per character, and provides very bad -passphrases). +passphrases), and contain a mix of upper and lowercase letters, +numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters. The passphrase can be changed later by using the .Fl p option. |