-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11-May-2002/09:46 -0400, David Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Usually a "password" is used to match itself. > >Usually a "passphrase" is is used as part of an encryption algorithm to >encrypt something else.
They are both used to match themselves. Depending on the application either one may be used for encryption and decryption. PGP and GnuPG use the term "passphrase" because they will accept spaces and very long strings. System authentication utilities (login software) generally use passwords because they have a hard time dealing with spaces and very long strings. In both cases, the text you type is is used to prove that you are who you say you are. Whether it's a word or a phrase just depends on the length and type of characters that the authentication software is designed to accept. Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0x6C94239D iD8DBQE83cW2pCpg3WyUI50RAtHWAJ9tPDFv29RK8h/bkklE6HI7BCnCkACfSWKX qJXhi64n1W+mLEfxrKj792g= =xQ1M -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
