About Keys


A Key contains a single symmetric cryptographic key. Key entries are represented in KeyStore Explorer by the following icon:

        

Key entries are protected by a password. In KeyStore Explorer such entries are described as being Locked and have a closed padlock displayed against them:

        

To access the key the entry must be Unlocked by supplying the correct password. If an entry is successfully unlocked then an open padlock is displayed against it:

        

If a Key Pair entry is unlocked once during a KeyStore Explorer session it does not need to be unlocked again. A Key Pair entry may be unlocked explicitly or as part of an operation that requires the private key.

As key entries do not contain any certificates no value is shown for them in the Certificate Expiry column of the KeyStore table.




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