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As a developer, you can enable the One-Click license Update facility for a
customer/distributor by creating certain registry entries via your installer.
Personal Folder
See “Conventions Used in This Guide” on page xiv.
Private Key
In public-key cryptography, this is the secret key. Sentinel Keys contain the
ECC private keys, primarily used for key exchange and digital signatures.
Public Key
In public-key cryptography this key is made public to all. It is primarily used
for verifying digital signatures and solving the key exchange problem.
Public Key Cryptography
Cryptography based on methods involving a public key and a private key.
Query Data
The data scrambled using the AES algorithm in the Sentinel Key. You program
your application to send queries to the Sentinel Key. The Sentinel Key
scrambles the string using the AES algorithm and returns a response to the
application.
Query-Response Protection
Please see the topic “Implement Query-Response Protection” on page 172.
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