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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-01-17 14:53:27 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2015-01-17 14:53:54 +0100 |
| commit | 867d8473059ffdb0735587617b49547252af0d3d (patch) | |
| tree | 736877a6ca59cf2deff00269252b659650791301 /doc | |
| parent | c1b0c7d9769b356ef246791b6cf8b70f34014d45 (diff) | |
doc: Mention generation of ECDSA/Ed25519 keys when supported.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix archive): Mention ECDSA/Ed25519 as the
default type of keys for libgcrypt >= 1.6.0.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7febee48ac..ab97c781ef 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -1438,8 +1438,10 @@ generate the key pair. The generated key pair is typically stored under @file{/etc/guix}, in @file{signing-key.pub} (public key) and @file{signing-key.sec} (private -key, which must be kept secret.) When @var{parameters} is omitted, it -is a 4096-bit RSA key. Alternately, @var{parameters} can specify +key, which must be kept secret.) When @var{parameters} is omitted, +an ECDSA key using the Ed25519 curve is generated, or, for Libgcrypt +versions before 1.6.0, it is a 4096-bit RSA key. +Alternately, @var{parameters} can specify @code{genkey} parameters suitable for Libgcrypt (@pxref{General public-key related Functions, @code{gcry_pk_genkey},, gcrypt, The Libgcrypt Reference Manual}). |