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Personally,  I would vote to keep "password" and "passphrase" separate. 
They are easily confused as is, particularly in creating SSH/GPG keys 
and describing them to new users, not to mention, the passwd file itself.

I can't think of any examples where keys are generated and it asked for 
a password/passwd rather than passphrase for locking down the key.

I think this methodology is the defacto *Nix standard, password for 
accounts and things, passphrases for keys. Changing that could get 
confusing in a hurry.

G.


On 10/18/2014 10:25 AM, Thomas Corwin wrote:
> In my opinion, I wouldn't mind this, but I'm not sure it's all a great idea. (Not trying to burst your bubble, because I'll +1 that if others do)
>
> I think that since Ubuntu still uses "password" rather than "pass phrase", this may be confusing to new users of Ubuntu, as well as computer systems in general.
>
> Still, I like the idea.
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas Corwin
> U.S. Navy - DEP - Machinist Mate
> Taylor Twp. Fire Dept. - Fireman / Medic
>
> > On Oct 18, 2014, at 10:52 AM, jeffrey Flaker <jflaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I would like to introduce the word "Pass-phrase" instead of "Password".
> > As a phrase and using numbers in place of some letters can produce a
> > much stronger credentials than a single word and less likely to be guessed.
> >
> > So, as example, the phrase you chose was "Linux is my friend", if you
> > mix in numbers to replace some letters becomes "L1nux 15 my fr13nd"
> >
> > Passwords were used when systems had limited your input to just a few
> > characters.  In the modern age, the passphrase is much more secure.
> >
> > Just my thought.
> >
> > Thanks
> > JEFF FLAKER
> >
> > > On 10/18/2014 10:37 AM, Thomas Corwin wrote:
> > > Jeffery,
> > >
> > > I'd  recommend that you send a description of what you would like to do, for example, give us the section title, what chapter it will be in, and what it will be about (in a sentence or two.) that's just my opinion though.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Thomas Corwin
> > > U.S. Navy - DEP - Machinist Mate
> > > Taylor Twp. Fire Dept. - Fireman / Medic
> > >
> > > > On Oct 18, 2014, at 12:51 AM, jeffrey Flaker <jflaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I would like to add to a section.  Can I just branch that and ask for a
> > > > merge or should I do it another way??
> > > >
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