X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Famcrypt-ossl.8;h=36a6516c9316feff2529deda771b6ca2091a176b;hb=f86ca883daf8a5123c8cac43bfd76d514c5b1c82;hp=c172d979fa2dd0f08b770d8adac88144680a5c60;hpb=d3b2175e084f88c8736ad7073eacbf4670147aec;p=debian%2Famanda diff --git a/man/amcrypt-ossl.8 b/man/amcrypt-ossl.8 index c172d97..36a6516 100644 --- a/man/amcrypt-ossl.8 +++ b/man/amcrypt-ossl.8 @@ -1,19 +1,27 @@ +'\" t .\" Title: amcrypt-ossl -.\" Author: -.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.72.0 -.\" Date: 06/06/2007 -.\" Manual: -.\" Source: +.\" Author: Kevin Till +.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot_8273 +.\" Date: 11/05/2009 +.\" Manual: System Administration Commands +.\" Source: Amanda 2.6.1p2 +.\" Language: English .\" -.TH "AMCRYPT\-OSSL" "8" "06/06/2007" "" "" +.TH "AMCRYPT\-OSSL" "8" "11/05/2009" "Amanda 2\&.6\&.1p2" "System Administration Commands" +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * set default formatting +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- +.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * +.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" -amcrypt\-ossl \- crypt program for Amanda symmetric data encryption using OpenSSL +amcrypt-ossl \- crypt program for \fIAmanda\fR symmetric data encryption using OpenSSL .SH "SYNOPSIS" -.HP 13 +.HP \w'\fBamcrypt\-ossl\fR\ 'u \fBamcrypt\-ossl\fR [\-d] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP @@ -21,31 +29,31 @@ 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 +www\&.openssl\&.org\&. 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 +www\&.diceware\&.com) 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 +61,15 @@ user. \fBamanda\fR(8), \fBamanda.conf\fR(5), \fBopenssl\fR(1), -\fBamcrypt\-ossl\-asym\fR(8) -.SH "REFERENCES" +\fBamcrypt-ossl-asym\fR(8), +: http://wiki.zmanda.com +.SH "AUTHOR" +.PP +\fBKevin Till\fR <\&kevin\&.till@zmanda\&.com\&> +.RS 4 +Zmanda, Inc\&. (http://www\&.zmanda\&.com) +.RE +.SH "NOTES" .IP " 1." 4 www.openssl.org .RS 4