Thread: Public Key Cryptography
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Old 03-28-2008, 11:42 AM   #59
Taylor514ce
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I would be very worried about loosing the private key in such a system so i would like do decrypt the files as fast as possible. DRM does not suffer from this disadvantage since there is no private key there.
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Originally Posted by Myself from the very first post
What if I lose my key? Most key's are generated via a seed value, such as a simple password. For example WEP encryption on WiFi routers use a seed value. That's why you can have several different computers on your home WiFi network, but exclude all of your neighbors. If you lose your key, you can regenerate it (usually).
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