encryption key

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encryption
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˈkrip.ʃən/us
/ɪnˈkrip.ʃən/
the process of changing electronic information or signals into a secret code (= system of letters, numbers, or symbols) that people cannot understand or use without ...
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key
noun[C]
uk
/kiː/us
/kiː/
a piece of metal that has been cut into a special shape and is used for opening or closing a lock, starting a car ...
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The password allows the individual to access the information, but theencryptionkeyis never seen.
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What is described in the first limb seems to be anencryptionkey.
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It is generated by theencryptionkey.
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Theencryptionkeyis based on this password.
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However, the hackers have no control of theencryptionkey.
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If the person refuses to hand over theencryptionkey, there is a maximum two-year sentence.
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The length and strength of theencryptionkeyis also an important consideration.
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Signature is designed so that theencryptionkeyis stored randomly in the flash memory.
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Once they have obtained thatencryptionkey, they can decrypt encrypted data at rest.
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Anencryptionkeymay not be exported and used to decrypt the ciphertext which is encrypted.
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Passphrases are particularly applicable to systems that use the passphrase as anencryptionkey.
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Theencryptionkey(public key) need not be kept secret and can be published.
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This often involves the use of anencryptionkeyas well.
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No one can be required to deposit anyencryptionkey—that protects the confidentiality of their information—with a third party.
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What will happen to all those innocent business men and women who have encrypted material with anencryptionkeyinvolving letters and figures, but who cannot remember it?
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He had been required, under this act, to provide his 50-characterencryptionkeybut had not complied.
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For technical reasons, an encryption scheme usually uses a pseudo-randomencryptionkeygenerated by an algorithm.
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The hidden volume has its own separate file system, password, andencryptionkeydistinct from the container volume.
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When a secretencryptionkeyis pseudorandomly generated, having the seed will allow one to obtain the key.
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If anencryptionkeyis lost, a backup or key escrow should be utilized to continue viewing encrypted content.
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In such a cryptosystem, theencryptionkeyis public and differs from the decryption key which is kept secret.
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This allows the sender to have plausible deniability if compelled to give up his or herencryptionkey.
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Clause 49 makes it an offence punishable by two years' imprisonment to fail to comply with a notice that requires the production of a key to coded information—anencryptionkey.
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