What is an Encryption key?
It is a security lock on your backups. An encryption key is used to encrypt your data for safe transmission between your computer and our data centres. You will be asked for your encryption key whenever you retrieve files or perform an account recovery. The encryption key is a word or a phrase that you create when you first set up an account. It contains a minimum of 8 characters. Once an encryption key is set it cannot be changed. If you have an account but do not have the XLN SecureTM software on the PC for which the account was opened, you can request this information from our support team.
Encryption is a form of security that turns information, images, programs or other data into unreadable cipher by applying a set of complex algorithms to the original material. These algorithms transfer the data into streams or blocks of seemingly random alphanumeric characters. An encryption key might encrypt, decrypt, or perform both functions, depending on the type of encryption software being used. There are several types of encryption schemes, but not all are secure. Simple algorithms can be easily broken using modern computer power, and yet another point of weakness lies in the decryption method. Even the most secure algorithms will decrypt for anyone who holds the password or encryption key. Symmetric types of encryption schemes use a single password to serve as both encryptor and decryptor. Rijndael, Twofish, and Serpent are examples of this type of encryption software, often used to secure data or drives. Supplying the encryption key, one can “mount” the drive and work in an u
An encryption key is used to encrypt your data for safe transmission between your computer and our Data Centers. You will be asked for your encryption key whenever you retrieve files or perform an account recovery. The encryption key is a word or a phrase that you create when you first set up an account. It contains a minimum of 8 characters. Once an encryption key is set it cannot be changed.
An encryption key is a specific series of letters and/or numbers which can be used to scramble and de-scramble the contents of an encrypted data file. A file which has been encrypted cannot be read without this key. For this reason, it is very important that the owner of the encrypted data carefully safeguard the value of their encryption key.
The Encryption key is an extra security measure that PackRat offers to its clients. Before your data are saved, the PackRat software compresses the data and encrypts it using 128-bit code before sending it over the Internet to the PackRat servers. This Encryption key ensures that the data cannot be intercepted and opened either during the transmission over the Internet or while in storage on the PackRat systems. Use of 128-bit encryption ensures the highest level of security currently available on the Internet!
