From ecee5a0b514845e2957f0bb8055de89d2a25792c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: anarcat Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2015 09:00:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] PDKF is a key derivation function do not use the word "encryption", as it is actually closer to "hashing" anyways. --- docs/internals.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/internals.rst b/docs/internals.rst index 9172ec204..52e2938a9 100644 --- a/docs/internals.rst +++ b/docs/internals.rst @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Key files When initialized with the ``init -e keyfile`` command, |project_name| needs an associated file in ``$HOME/.attic/keys`` to read and write the repository. The format is based on msgpack_, base64 encoding and -PBKDF2_ SHA256 encryption, which is then encoded again in a msgpack_. +PBKDF2_ SHA256 hashing, which is then encoded again in a msgpack_. The internal data structure is as follows: