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diff --git a/man/machine-id.xml b/man/machine-id.xml index a722649de4..3c261bffcc 100644 --- a/man/machine-id.xml +++ b/man/machine-id.xml @@ -71,13 +71,14 @@ <para>This machine ID adheres to the same format and logic as the D-Bus machine ID.</para> - <para>This ID uniquely identifies the host. It should be considered "confidential", and must not - be exposed in untrusted environments, in particular on the network. If a stable unique - identifier that is tied to the machine is needed for some application, the machine ID or any - part of it must not be used directly. Instead the machine ID should be hashed with a - cryptographic, keyed hash function, using a fixed, application-specific key. That way the ID - will be properly unique, and derived in a constant way from the machine ID but there will be no - way to retrieve the original machine ID from the application-specific one.</para> + <para>This ID uniquely identifies the host. It should be considered "confidential", and must not be exposed in + untrusted environments, in particular on the network. If a stable unique identifier that is tied to the machine is + needed for some application, the machine ID or any part of it must not be used directly. Instead the machine ID + should be hashed with a cryptographic, keyed hash function, using a fixed, application-specific key. That way the + ID will be properly unique, and derived in a constant way from the machine ID but there will be no way to retrieve + the original machine ID from the application-specific one. The + <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_id128_get_machine_app_specific</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry> + API provides an implementation of such an algorithm.</para> <para>The <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machine-id-setup</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |