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Private and secret keys consists of secret information used as input to various kinds of cryptographic algorithms such as encryption, signature and MAC to select the concrete transformation done by the algorithm.

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Is it possible to identify a Serpent encryption key in memory?

It has been shown that AES keys that are in use can be identified in memory. This identification relies on discovering expected round keys in memory that are contained within the key schedule. … (See also Extracting RC4 and 3DES keys from system memory.) …
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Extracting RC4 and 3DES keys from system memory

There are tools [3] that can extract AES keys from memory. These techniques look for round keys in the memory using a sliding window approach. … However, I have only seen them implemented for AES keys. …
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What is the practical impact of using System.Random which is not cryptographically random?

I recently noticed a .NET software using PBKDF to derive an encryption key from a password string. This password string was dynamically generated using System.Random. Now, I know that System.Random is …