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English term or phrase:
data, which is secret keys
English answer:
...large volume of data for public/private keys
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Peter Linton (X)
Dec 11, 2007 11:38
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data, which is secrete keys
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I believe this phrase "there is a large volume of data, which is secrete keys" is rather clumsy. please help in rephrasing.
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Disadvantages of this scheme:
1) it is rather difficult to implement storage of keys on the server (***there is a large volume of data, which is secrete keys, *** and this data should be protected properly).
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Disadvantages of this scheme:
1) it is rather difficult to implement storage of keys on the server (***there is a large volume of data, which is secrete keys, *** and this data should be protected properly).
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| 3 | ...large volume of data for public/private keys |
Peter Linton (X)
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| 3 | data, which consists of encoded (secret) keys |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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Dec 27, 2007 19:22: Peter Linton (X) Created KOG entry
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...large volume of data for public/private keys
I basically agree with the previous answer, but there are some puzzling aspects to the question.
For a start, the word 'secret' is odd, because only private keys are secret. Each private key has a matching public key, and public keys are by definition not secret, nor encoded, and are generally published by their owners.
Quite often, a public key is simply the prime number 3 -- hardly a large volume of data. Private keys are generally much bigger, for example 128 bits. But even that is hardly a large volume on today's servers.
A pure guess, but I wonder if they don't mean 'a large number of public/private keys'. rather than volume.
Also, the point about it being difficult to implement storage refers, I suspect, to the need to keep private keys secret rather than storing the volume of data.
A lot more context would help to unravel this.
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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-12-11 21:52:14 GMT)
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Reply to Asker: I agree about the 2 types of encryption, but your previous question on 'Strength of the system' mentioned public-key cryptography, so I assumed that this is all about asymmetric encryption. 'Secret' therefore does not seem appropriate -- a secret key is not likely to be a large volume of data.
Is this question specifically about symmetric ? If so, I agree with you aboutsecret.
For a start, the word 'secret' is odd, because only private keys are secret. Each private key has a matching public key, and public keys are by definition not secret, nor encoded, and are generally published by their owners.
Quite often, a public key is simply the prime number 3 -- hardly a large volume of data. Private keys are generally much bigger, for example 128 bits. But even that is hardly a large volume on today's servers.
A pure guess, but I wonder if they don't mean 'a large number of public/private keys'. rather than volume.
Also, the point about it being difficult to implement storage refers, I suspect, to the need to keep private keys secret rather than storing the volume of data.
A lot more context would help to unravel this.
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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-12-11 21:52:14 GMT)
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Reply to Asker: I agree about the 2 types of encryption, but your previous question on 'Strength of the system' mentioned public-key cryptography, so I assumed that this is all about asymmetric encryption. 'Secret' therefore does not seem appropriate -- a secret key is not likely to be a large volume of data.
Is this question specifically about symmetric ? If so, I agree with you aboutsecret.
Note from asker:
| hi, Peter! IMHO "secret" is correct here. There are two types of encryption algorithms - symmetric and asymmetric, for an asymmetric, algorithm private and public keys are used, as you say, but for symmetric algorithms "secret keys" are used |
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data, which consists of encoded (secret) keys
I am assuming the antecedent is "volume of data"
Mike :)
Mike :)
Note from asker:
| Michael, what if i change it this way - "it is rather difficult to implement storage of keys on the server (there is a large volume of secret keys and this data should be protected properly)" ??? |
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