[thaumaturgy]

In the defense of geeks, this probably follows from the mantra that you should never ever run any command on your system ever without completely and fully understanding what it does and all of its options and etc. etc.

So now people are twitchy about "just use the defaults", especially when it comes to something they don't really understand, like cryptography.

[tptacek]

As a geek let me just say that it is all love with me and the geeks. Just: in this case, you can just take the defaults and be better off.

[thaumaturgy]

OK. By the way, in case you haven't heard it lately, thanks for hanging around and demystifying this stuff for so many people. It's a huge help.

[aphrax]

as is your comment.