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+<!--
+ SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2007 - 2008, Nicolas François
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+-->
+<varlistentry condition="bcrypt">
+ <term><option>BCRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS</option> (number)</term>
+ <term><option>BCRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS</option> (number)</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When <option>ENCRYPT_METHOD</option> is set to
+ <replaceable>BCRYPT</replaceable>, this defines the number of
+ BCRYPT rounds used by the encryption algorithm by default (when the
+ number of rounds is not specified on the command line).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ With a lot of rounds, it is more difficult to brute force the
+ password. But note also that more CPU resources will be needed to
+ authenticate users.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The values must be inside the 4-31 range.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If only one of the <option>BCRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS</option> or
+ <option>BCRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS</option> values is set, then this value
+ will be used.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If <option>BCRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS</option> &gt;
+ <option>BCRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS</option>, the highest value will be
+ used.
+ </para>
+ <para condition="pam">
+ Note: This only affect the generation of group passwords.
+ The generation of user passwords is done by PAM and subject to the
+ PAM configuration. It is recommended to set this variable
+ consistently with the PAM configuration.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+</varlistentry>