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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 @@ | |||
1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.50 2001/10/25 21:14:32 markus Exp $ | 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: ssh-keygen.1,v 1.51 2001/11/21 18:49:14 stevesk Exp $ |
2 | .\" | 2 | .\" |
3 | .\" -*- nroff -*- | 3 | .\" -*- nroff -*- |
4 | .\" | 4 | .\" |
@@ -111,10 +111,14 @@ The program also asks for a passphrase. | |||
111 | The passphrase may be empty to indicate no passphrase | 111 | The passphrase may be empty to indicate no passphrase |
112 | (host keys must have an empty passphrase), or it may be a string of | 112 | (host keys must have an empty passphrase), or it may be a string of |
113 | arbitrary length. | 113 | arbitrary length. |
114 | Good passphrases are 10-30 characters long and are | 114 | A passphrase is similar to a password, except it can be a phrase with a |
115 | series of words, punctuation, numbers, whitespace, or any string of | ||
116 | characters you want. | ||
117 | Good passphrases are 10-30 characters long, are | ||
115 | not simple sentences or otherwise easily guessable (English | 118 | not simple sentences or otherwise easily guessable (English |
116 | prose has only 1-2 bits of entropy per character, and provides very bad | 119 | prose has only 1-2 bits of entropy per character, and provides very bad |
117 | passphrases). | 120 | passphrases), and contain a mix of upper and lowercase letters, |
121 | numbers, and non-alphanumeric characters. | ||
118 | The passphrase can be changed later by using the | 122 | The passphrase can be changed later by using the |
119 | .Fl p | 123 | .Fl p |
120 | option. | 124 | option. |