From a077eb94ef66dfdec545d176a34dc1e0e47e5da2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mounir IDRASSI <mounir.idrassi@idrix.fr>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2022 16:33:40 +0200
Subject: Documentation: clearer description of how number of iterations are
 calculated

---
 doc/html/Header Key Derivation.html                | 6 ++++--
 doc/html/Personal Iterations Multiplier (PIM).html | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'doc/html')

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 &#43; (PIM x 1000)</strong>
+</li><li>For system encryption that uses SHA-512 or Whirlpool: Iterations = <strong>15000 &#43; (PIM x 1000)</strong>
+</li><li>For non-system encryption and file containers: Iterations = <strong>15000 &#43; (PIM x 1000)</strong>
 </li></ul>
 </div>
 <div style="text-align:left; margin-top:19px; margin-bottom:19px; padding-top:0px; padding-bottom:0px">
diff --git a/doc/html/Personal Iterations Multiplier (PIM).html b/doc/html/Personal Iterations Multiplier (PIM).html
index 5271ced2..02921072 100644
--- a/doc/html/Personal Iterations Multiplier (PIM).html	
+++ b/doc/html/Personal Iterations Multiplier (PIM).html	
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@
 Header Key Derivation</a>).</p>
 <p>When a PIM value is specified, the number of iterations 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 &#43; (PIM x 1000)</strong>
+<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: Iterations = <strong>15000 &#43; (PIM x 1000)</strong>
+</li><li>For non-system encryption and file containers: Iterations = <strong>15000 &#43; (PIM x 1000)</strong>
 </li></ul>
 <p>Prior to version 1.12, the security of a VeraCrypt volume was only based on the password strength because VeraCrypt was using a fixed number of iterations.<br>
 With the introduction of PIM, VeraCrypt has a 2-dimensional security space for volumes based on the couple (Password, PIM). This provides more flexibility for adjusting the desired security level while also controlling the performance of the mount/boot operation.</p>
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