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Date:      Thu, 1 Oct 2015 09:42:40 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r47461 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks
Message-ID:  <201510010942.t919ge6K007626@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: dru
Date: Thu Oct  1 09:42:40 2015
New Revision: 47461
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47461

Log:
  Clarify GELI AES default keysize and that the defaults are probably fine.
  
  PR: 201979
  Submitted by: Tom "Ludensen" Christensen

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml	Thu Oct  1 04:54:31 2015	(r47460)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks/chapter.xml	Thu Oct  1 09:42:40 2015	(r47461)
@@ -2905,7 +2905,8 @@ geli_da2_flags="-p -k /root/<replaceable
 /dev/ada0s1b.eli	none		swap	sw		0	0</programlisting>
 
       <para>By default, &man.geli.8; uses the <acronym>AES</acronym>
-	algorithm with a key length of 256 bits.  These defaults can
+	algorithm with a key length of 128 bits.  Normally the default
+	settings will suffice.  However, if desired these defaults can
 	be altered in the options field in
 	<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>.  The possible flags
 	are:</para>



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