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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:00:43 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | |
| Older page: | version 2 | Last edited on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 5:43:42 pm | by AristotlePagaltzis | Revert |
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-InNeedOfRefactor
+In PublicKeyEncryption, the PrivateKey is the portoin of the key that is kept secret. If the PrivateKey is lost, stolen or compromised (or the PassPhrase protecting it forgotten), then the messages encrypted with the PrivateKey cannot be decrypted.
-Private part of your Key pair. See
PublicKey for information.
+Compare:
PublicKey
+
+----
+Part of CategoryCryptography
