X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Famcrypt-ossl.8;h=0e546898a4c11fa212c6a3744cc5ee41d0153547;hb=94a044f90357edefa6f4ae9f0b1d5885b0e34aee;hp=c172d979fa2dd0f08b770d8adac88144680a5c60;hpb=d3b2175e084f88c8736ad7073eacbf4670147aec;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/man/amcrypt-ossl.8 b/man/amcrypt-ossl.8 index c172d97..0e54689 100644 --- a/man/amcrypt-ossl.8 +++ b/man/amcrypt-ossl.8 @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ .\" Title: amcrypt-ossl .\" Author: -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.72.0 -.\" Date: 06/06/2007 +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.2 +.\" Date: 03/31/2008 .\" Manual: .\" Source: .\" -.TH "AMCRYPT\-OSSL" "8" "06/06/2007" "" "" +.TH "AMCRYPT\-OSSL" "8" "03/31/2008" "" "" .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .SH "NAME" -amcrypt\-ossl \- crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption using OpenSSL +amcrypt-ossl - crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption using OpenSSL .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP 13 \fBamcrypt\-ossl\fR [\-d] @@ -21,31 +21,31 @@ amcrypt\-ossl \- crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption using OpenSS \fBamcrypt\-ossl\fR uses \fBOpenSSL\fR -to encrypt and decrypt data. OpenSSL is available from -\fIwww.openssl.org\fR\&[1]. OpenSSL offers a wide variety of cipher choices ( +to encrypt and decrypt data\. OpenSSL is available from +\fIwww\.openssl\.org\fR\&[1]\. OpenSSL offers a wide variety of cipher choices ( \fBamcrypt\-ossl\fR -defaults to 256\-bit AES) and can use hardware cryptographic accelerators on several platforms. +defaults to 256\-bit AES) and can use hardware cryptographic accelerators on several platforms\. .PP \fBamcrypt\-ossl\fR -will search for the OpenSSL program in the following directories: /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ssl/bin:/usr/local/ssl/bin. +will search for the OpenSSL program in the following directories: /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ssl/bin:/usr/local/ssl/bin\. .SH "PASSPHRASE MANAGEMENT" .PP \fBamcrypt\-ossl\fR -uses the same pass phrase to encrypt and decrypt data. It is very important to store and protect the pass phrase properly. Encrypted backup data can +uses the same pass phrase to encrypt and decrypt data\. It is very important to store and protect the pass phrase properly\. Encrypted backup data can \fBonly\fR -be recovered with the correct passphrase. +be recovered with the correct passphrase\. .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 -\fIwww.diceware.com\fR\&[2]) can be used to create passphrases that are difficult to guess and easy to remember. +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 +\fIwww\.diceware\.com\fR\&[2]) can be used to create passphrases that are difficult to guess and easy to remember\. .SH "FILES" .PP -/var/lib/amanda/.am_passphrase +/var/lib/amanda/\.am_passphrase .RS 4 -File containing the pass phrase. It should not be readable by any user other than the +File containing the pass phrase\. It should not be readable by any user other than the \fIAmanda\fR -user. +user\. .RE .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP @@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ user. \fBamanda\fR(8), \fBamanda.conf\fR(5), \fBopenssl\fR(1), -\fBamcrypt\-ossl\-asym\fR(8) -.SH "REFERENCES" +\fBamcrypt-ossl-asym\fR(8), +\fBhttp://wiki.zmanda.com\fR() +.SH "NOTES" .IP " 1." 4 www.openssl.org .RS 4