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key management

In cryptography, it is the creation, distribution and maintenance of a secret key. It determines how secret keys are generated and made available to both parties; for example, public key systems are widely used for such an exchange. If session keys are used, key management is responsible for generating them and determining when they should be renewed. See QKD, elliptic curve cryptography, Diffie-Hellman, cryptography, session key and security protocol.

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key escrow	key recovery
key exchange	key rollover
key field	key space
key fingerprint	key switch
key fob	key system
key frame	key telephone system
key in	key-to-disk machine
key length	key-to-tape machine
Key Lime Pie	key-value
key logger	key-value database

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