Private Keys

Private Keys definition - hacker
Also known as a secret key and is known just to its creator and, with respect to secure messaging environments, to the receiver of an encrypted message. Private Keys are also used in other areas as well. The secure, remote session protocol ssh relies heavily on the notion of private keys.

See Also: Key.

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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