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Timeline for AES implementation to encrypt files

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Feb 23, 2016 at 21:11 comment added Richie Frame @user249440 you DONT use a random salt everytime you derive the key, only when you change the key. The salt would be read from storage so that the derived key will always be the same, otherwise nobody would be able to decrypt the files, ever.
Feb 23, 2016 at 15:10 comment added user249440 But how do I store the derived key. I know the decrypt password but the derived key will contain random salt, so every time the program is run, the derived decrypt key will be different ?
Feb 23, 2016 at 14:55 vote accept user249440
Feb 23, 2016 at 15:09
Feb 23, 2016 at 0:49 history answered Richie Frame CC BY-SA 3.0