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root key

The public/private key pair generated by the certificate authority (CA). See digital certificate and PKI.
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A root key generated by BroadKey delivers a high bar of security since it is never stored and anchors to the device all other keys and security operations.
These include 'Secure Boot Key' and 'Device Root Key', which perform authentication and encryption operations associated with the device.
Finding a square root became merely a matter of using a square root key, originally pressed after the number, but on modern calculators such as the one shown in the left screen in Figure 4, pressed before the number, as for the conventional representation.
The company said that its users have asked about how the company will respond to incidents that have been reported in the press, including the discovery of the root key to the PlayStation 3, and the subsequent saga of George "geoh0t" Hotz, "Bushing," Hector Martin Cantero, Sven Peter, and others alleged to be part of the FAIL0VERFLOW group of hackers that contributed to the release of the PlayStation 3's root key.
Manufacturers can obtain these keys from Motorola or opt to purchase a root key from Motorola's PKI Center which allows them to generate their own.
An adjusting term has to be added when the number of privileged users is j = [2.sup.n] (all users are in the system) since in that case only one encryption is required, more precisely, the root key. Thus, the correct expression is [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] and we must add the correcting term [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII].
To determine how well the model fits the sales data we have here, next key in CLX, then g, then CLX again, then 2, then the [Y.sup.x] key (blue square root key).
If the organisation is deploying digital certificates ensure that the root key and administrator controls are secure or the solution is a liability.
Designed to provide high levels of security and web server performance, the CryptoSwift HSM (Hardware Security Module) protects a certificate authority's root key or the Online Certificate Status Protocol server's signing key by shielding it within a tamper-active circuitry built into the accelerator board.
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