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diff --git a/doc/html/Header Key Derivation.html b/doc/html/Header Key Derivation.html index d8896904..f922d676 100644 --- a/doc/html/Header Key Derivation.html +++ b/doc/html/Header Key Derivation.html @@ -65,14 +65,16 @@ PIM </a>field (<a href="Personal%20Iterations%20Multiplier%20%28PIM%29.html">Per PIM </a>value is not specified or if it is equal to zero, VeraCrypt uses the default values expressed below:<br/> <ul> <li>For system partition encryption (boot encryption) that uses SHA-256, BLAKE2s-256 or Streebog, <strong>200000</strong> iterations are used.</li> -<li>For system encryption that uses SHA-512 or Whirlpool, non-system encryption and file containers, <strong>500000</strong> iterations are used. +<li>For system encryption that uses SHA-512 or Whirlpool, <strong>500000</strong> iterations are used.</li> +<li>For non-system encryption and file containers, all derivation algorithms will use <strong>500000</strong> iterations. </li></ul> </p> <p>When a <a href="Personal%20Iterations%20Multiplier%20%28PIM%29.html"> PIM </a>value is given by the user, the number of iterations of the key derivation function is calculated as follows:</p> <ul> <li>For system encryption that doesn't use SHA-512 or Whirlpool: Iterations = <strong>PIM x 2048</strong> -</li><li>For system encryption that uses SHA-512 or Whirlpool, non-system encryption and file containers: Iterations = <strong>15000 + (PIM x 1000)</strong> +</li><li>For system encryption that uses SHA-512 or Whirlpool: Iterations = <strong>15000 + (PIM x 1000)</strong> +</li><li>For non-system encryption and file containers: Iterations = <strong>15000 + (PIM x 1000)</strong> </li></ul> </div> <div style="text-align:left; margin-top:19px; margin-bottom:19px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px"> |