Shared secret
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title:
Shared secret
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In cryptography, a shared secret is a piece of data, known only to the parties involved, in a secure communication. This usually refers to the key of a symmetric cryptosystem. The shared secret can be a PIN code, a password, a passphrase, a big number, or an array of randomly chosen bytes. The shared secret is either shared beforehand between the communicating parties, in which case it can also be called a pre-shared key, or it is created at the start of the communication session by using a key-
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Computer password or cryptographic key
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared_secret
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2023-12-03T22:37:28Z
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