Re: How and where to store a SecretKey

David Segall wrote:
The typical tutorial on Java encryption such as
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/security/crypto/CryptoSpec.html#SimpleEncrEx>
shows you how to generate a SecretKey and use it immediately to
encrypt and decrypt some text. I have not found any guidance on where
I might store the key or what format it is in. How can I store the key
in a database or in a property list?

SecretKey is serializable and can be stores as such.

But I think it is much more common to store the bytes used
to construct the SecretKey (SecretKeySpec).

Where to store it depends on the context.

Arne
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