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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 (
+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\.
.PP
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\.
+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
\fBamanda.conf\fR(5),
\fBopenssl\fR(1),
\fBamcrypt-ossl-asym\fR(8),
-\fI\%http://wiki.zmanda.com\fR
+: http://wiki.zmanda.com
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
www.openssl.org