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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Kcmgrub2
From:       Alberto Mattea <alberto () mattea ! info>
Date:       2011-03-29 10:23:50
Message-ID: 201103291223.55785 () alby
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> On Sunday 27 March 2011 13:05:11 Alberto Mattea wrote:
> > > > "Crypting password" means that it's generating a sha512 hash of the 
> > 
> > password
> > 
> > > > with the pbkdf2 algorithm, so that you cannot simply read the
> > > > configuration file
> > > > and get the password.
> > >
> > > 
> > >
> > > Wouldn't that be "encrypt passwort"?
> > 
> > I don't know, maybe both are possible. We would need a native english
> > speaker  here :-)
> 
> "Encrypting the password" would mean applying the encryption algorithm to 
the 
> password, thus making it unreadable in plain text.  To make it plainly 
> readable again would require decryption.  Does that help?  If not, please 
give 
> me the appropriate sentences and I'll see if I can help more.
> 
> Anne
Thanks for the clarification, it's very helpful. Would it be the same if the 
password is un-decryptable, since we're using one-way hashes?
Thanks
Alberto

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