Black Key

Black Key definition - hacker
A black key is an encrypted key that can be transmitted across unsecured, black lines. For example, usersÂ’ PGP keys are black; to decrypt the key, users must enter a password prior to the keyÂ’s being used to encrypt email messages.

See Also: Encryption or Encipher; Key; Password; Pretty Good Privacy (PGP).

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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