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.\" Title: amcrypt-ossl-asym
.\" Author: Kevin Till <kevin.till@zmanda.com>
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 12/14/2010
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.76.1 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 02/21/2012
.\" Manual: System Administration Commands
-.\" Source: Amanda 3.2.1
+.\" Source: Amanda 3.3.1
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "AMCRYPT\-OSSL\-ASYM" "8" "12/14/2010" "Amanda 3\&.2\&.1" "System Administration Commands"
+.TH "AMCRYPT\-OSSL\-ASYM" "8" "02/21/2012" "Amanda 3\&.3\&.1" "System Administration Commands"
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+.\" * Define some portability stuff
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+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
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.\" * set default formatting
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.PP
While the public key must be online at all times to perorm backups, the private key and optional passphrase are only needed to restore data\&. It is recommended that the latter be stored offline all other times\&. For example, you could keep the private key on removable media, and copy it into place for a restore; or you could keep the private key online, encrypted with a passphrase that is present only for a restore\&.
.PP
-OpenSSL\'s key derivation routines use a salt to guard against dictionary attacks on the pass phrase; still it is important to pick a pass phrase that is hard to guess\&. The Diceware method (see
+OpenSSL\*(Aqs key derivation routines use a salt to guard against dictionary attacks on the pass phrase; still it is important to pick a pass phrase that is hard to guess\&. The Diceware method (see
www\&.diceware\&.com) can be used to create passphrases that are difficult to guess and easy to remember\&.
.SH "FILES"
.PP