[kde-doc-english] The Kleopatra Handbook

[Allen Winter]

On Wednesday 11 March 2009 6:23:53 pm bestellrep1 wrote:
> Dear Handbook writers,
> 
> thank you for helping all of us by writing the documentation.
> 
> I'm writing to do my share on improving it.
> 
> But before I really begin, please note that I don't want that
> my email address is published. Just call me 'anonymous'.
> 
> I think the Kleopatra Handbook is too hard to understand.
> Even though I know something about cryptography, I'm far from
> being an expert. And many people will read the manual
> with less knowledge than I have.
> 
> So I begin with the first sentence:
> 
> Kleopatra is the KDE tool for managing X.509 certificates in the GpgSM keybox 
> and for retrieving certificates from LDAP servers.
> 
> What is X.509? and GpgSM, and the keybox and LDAP?
> 
> You might want to begin with:
> 
> Kleopatra is the KDE tool for managing certificates. Certificates are being 
> used for storing keys, which are used to encrypt and decrypt email, web
> pages, etc.
> 
> Then explain X.509, GpgSM, LDAP. I don't really know how to explain that,
> as my knowledge is too little to even try. Chapter 2 is really too hard for me
> to understand!
> 
> So I hope this was at least a useful hint.
> 
> And remember: I don't want that my email address is published.
> 
I can't tell if you are offering to do some major rewriting of the kleopatra handbook.
Or, are you asking for someone on this list to do the work?


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