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▼ Exportinga key

Whenyouexportakey,youcreateaseparatefilecalledakey package that

containsoneormorekeys .YoucanthensendthisfiletoanothersitethatusesVTL,

andadministrator satthatsitecanimportthekeypack ag e andusetheassociated

keystoencryptordecryptdata.

Creating

akeypac ka g ealsoprovidesyouwithabackupsetofkeys.Ifaparticular

keyisaccidentallydeleted,youcanimportitfromthekeypackagesothatyoucan

continuetoaccessthedataencryptedusingthatkey.

1. Inthenavigationtree,right‐cl icktheservernameandclick

Key Management.

2. ClickExport.

3. InthePackage Nametextbox,typethefilenametouseforthiskeypackage

(1–32characters).

4. IntheDecryption Hinttextbox,typeathree‐characte rhint.

Whenyousubsequently attempttoimportakeyfromthiskeypackage,youare

promptedforapassword.Ifyouprovide

thecorrectpassword,thedecryptionhint

specifiedhereappearscorrectlyontheImport Keysdialogbox.Ifyouprovidean

incorrectpassword,adifferentde cryptionhint appears.Youcanimportkeysusing

anincorrectpassword,butyouwill notbeabletodecryptanyfilesusingthosekeys.

5. FromtheSelect Keys to Export list,sele ct

thekey(s) that youwantto

includeinthekeypackage.

Whenyouselec takeyorclickSelect All,youarepromptedtoprovidethe 

passwordforeachkey.(Ifmultipleselectedkeysusethesame pas sword,youare

promptedforthepa sswordonlyonce,whenyousele ct thefirst

keythatusesthat

password.)

AfteryoutypethepasswordinthePasswordtextbox,thatpasswordappearsinthe

Password for All Keys in Package areaontheExport Keysdialogbox.

Bydefault,thepasswordisdisplayedasasterisks.Todisplaytheactualpassword,

selecttheShow clear textcheckbox. 

Ifyouselectedakeyand

subsequentlydecidenot toincludeitinthekeypa cka ge, 

youcanclearthekey.Youcanalsocl ea rallselect ed keys byclickingDe-Select

All.