tomb

the crypto undertaker
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commit b08ada1d41f6ed8dd90ac595bc048c873b7abcdf
parent f1318eb1302f793380ff8793ae72f0567193c723
Author: Jaromil <jaromil@dyne.org>
Date:   Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:43:20 +0200

fix to documentation about KDF

Diffstat:
Mdoc/tomb.1 | 35+++++++----------------------------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/tomb.1 b/doc/tomb.1 @@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ returns an error if its not found. .B .IP "index" -Creates or updates the search index of a specific tomb (or all tombs) +Creates or updates the search indexes of all tombs currently open: enables use of the \fIsearch\fR command using simple word -patterns on file names. Indexes are created using updatedb(8) and -stored in an .updatedb file inside the tomb's root. To avoid indexing +patterns on file names. Indexes are created using mlocate updatedb(8) and +stored in a file inside the tomb's root. To avoid indexing a specific tomb simply touch a \fI.noindex\fR file in its root. .B @@ -148,32 +148,11 @@ file to use. Keys are created with the same name of the tomb file adding a '.key' suffix, but can be later renamed and transported on other media. If \fI<keyfile>\fR is "-" (dash), it will read it from stdin. - -.B -.IP "--kdf \fI<method>\fR" -This will specify the KDF method to use for the tomb we're creating. -Please note that no stable release of tomb supports KDF; if you use it, -your tomb might be unusable with an older version of tomb. - -You can specify parameters with --kdf=method:param. That is, for example, -\fI--kdf=pbkdf2:2.5\fR will use pbkdf2 with an itertime of 2.5 seconds - -Supported methods are: pbkdf2, null - -.B pbkdf2 -is probably the most used kdf in security applications, so it's a good choice. -It accepts one parameter, that is the seconds it will take on this computer to -derive the key. The default is 1. - -.B null -is just the same as not using --kdf at all: it will stick to the "classic" -behaviour - .B -.IP "--kdf \fI<method>\fR" -This will specify the KDF method to use for the tomb we're creating. -Please note that no stable release of tomb supports KDF; if you use it, -your tomb might be unusable with an older version of tomb. +.IP "--kdf \fI<seconds>\fR" +Activate the KDF feature against dictionary attacks when creating a key: forces a +delay of \fI<seconds>\fR every time this key is used. Floating point values +are accepted, default is 1. .B .IP "-n" Skip processing of post-hooks and bind-hooks if found inside the tomb.