with this scenario!
-Rob
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2008
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Robert Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the suggestion. I have a routine that creates a key from a
> password, using SHA512. The problem is distributing the password, or the
> key.
>
Right. If you go with the derived key approach, you must derive the
ibute just the public key with
your app.
HTH,
-Roy
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> I would suggest you either derive the key from a st
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I would suggest you either derive the key from a strong password or encrypt
the key using a certificate.
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Steve Johnson
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:27
Thanks Adwait, I'll look into that more.
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I would suggest you either derive the key from a strong password or encrypt
the key using a certificate.
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Steve Johnson
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Robert Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe someone can help shed some light on this subject for me.
>
>
>
> I am encrypting several value
Rob,
Perhaps you can use a tool like aspnet_setreg or an equivalent to store the
key in the registry during install?
- Adwait
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On 3/20/08, Robert Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Maybe someone can help shed some light on this subject
Maybe someone can help shed some light on this subject for me.
I am encrypting several values (using AES) before storing them to an xml
file, and I have yet to find an example, or explanation of how to get my key
into protected storage the first time.
The examples I've seen so far create a rand
