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What is the Price encryption key or Public / Private keys?

April 26, 2017encryption key keys price private public

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What is the Price encryption key or Public / Private keys?

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First, it is not neccessary to use key encryption for your credit card data to be secure, the price encryption key is an added layer of security. Using the price encryption key has its advantages and disadvantages, so please read and consider carefully before enabling this feature. The price encryption key is for increased protection of credit card information. Cart32 generates a public and private key pair to encrypt the credit card data. The public key will be stored on the server and the private key will be stored on your computer in a file or in the registry. Only the public key is needed to encrypt the data, but both the public and private keys are needed to decrypt the data. By default, the credit card data is stored encrypted in the Cart32 database. The price encryption key is optional, but provides an additional layer of security on the credit card data. IF THE PRIVATE KEY IS LOST THE THEN THE CREDIT CARD DATA WILL NOT BE RETRIEVABLE. Please protect your private key. If it is l