cryptographic key

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key
noun[C]
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/kiː/
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Each message has to be encrypted using somecryptographickeythat is known only to the intended receivers.
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Address assignment andcryptographickeyinitialization is sometimes performed by closing a contact on the device while having a master controller broadcast an assignment message.
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Cryptanalysis is used to breach cryptographic security systems and gain access to the contents of encrypted messages, even if thecryptographickeyis unknown.
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One-time pad encryption has the absolute requirement that thecryptographickeyis used only once.
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The token may, for example, be acryptographickey, that is protected by encrypting it under a password.
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Some vendors offer a mobile device authentication solution that uses acryptographickeyfor user authentication.
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Thecryptographickeyor the nationality of the entities involved in the transaction do not matter.
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Another situation where quick guessing is possible is when the password is used to form acryptographickey.
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Information that has been encrypted (rendered unusable) can be transformed back into its original usable form by an authorized user, who possesses thecryptographickey, through the process of decryption.
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To win, a contestant would have had to break the code by finding the original plaintext and thecryptographickeythat will generate the posted ciphertext from the plaintext.
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Consider two observers of a sequence of bits, when only one of whom has thecryptographickeyneeded to turn the sequence of bits into a readable message.
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For example, if we periodically contact a server to determine its health, a monitor will never see a failure unless the monitor tries to verify the server'scryptographickey.
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Names can model a wide variety of identifiers: communication channels, machine addresses, pointers, object references, cryptographic keys, and so on.
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With acryptographickeyused for interchange, the decrypted key will be immediately reencrypted and will be routed to the issuer's system over normal communications channels.
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Well, some police officers came in and asked me to get the cryptographic keys, so that we could decrypt something.
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Regardless of the technique used, such methods are intended to capture highly sensitive information e.g. cryptographic keys, key-rings, passwords or unencrypted plaintext.
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The cryptographic keys are typically, but not necessarily, self-generated.
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The attack can non-invasively extract cryptographic keys and other secret information from the device.
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Users can easily create cryptographic keys, and write, encrypt, decrypt, sign, or verify messages.
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The latter depends on the secrecy of cryptographic keys.
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