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+# Savannah account credentials
+
+Savannah accounts have three kinds of credentials: registered email,
+account passphrase, SSH keys and GnuPG keys.
+
+##<a href="email"></a> Registered email address
+
+The login form has a link to send a code for resetting your account
+passphrase to your email.  It could mean that in order to get
+control of your account, it's sufficient to intercept that message
+sent to your email.  In order to prevent that, you may want to
+opt for encrypting those messages to <a href="#gpg">your GnuPG key</a>.
+
+Unlike other credentials, changing this address involves a confirmation
+step including communications through email.
+
+##<a href="passphrase"></a> Account passphrase
+
+Account passphrase is used to authenticate you in group area, including
+trackers, and change all that can be changed in your account.
+See [[Logging in Savannah|WhyLogin]].
+
+##<a href="ssh"></a> SSH keys
+
+SSH keys are used for write access to VCS repositories; they also can
+be used to authenticate you when [[recovering your account|LostAccounts]].
+
+##<a href="gpg"></a> GnuPG keys
+
+Registered GnuPG keys aren't directly used for accessing Savannah services
+(though you can tell GnuPG to serve your key to ssh); however, you can opt
+for encrypting sensitive communications with your public key.
+See [[GnuPG at Savannah]]. Also, GnuPG may be used to prove your identity
+if you [[forget your account passphrase|LostAccounts]].
+
+Copyright &copy; 2023 Ineiev
+
+Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+notice and this notice are preserved.  This file is offered as-is,
+without any warranty.