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Vault cryptography - Vault Tutorial
From the course: Learning HashiCorp Vault
Vault cryptography
- [Instructor] Cryptography has been at the heart of data security since ancient times. Modern cryptographic algorithms convert plain text data such as a password into cipher text, which is unreadable without a digital key. We use cryptography every day to protect data on our mobile phones, laptops, even our smart TVs and watches protect data using cryptography. Keeping secrets secure means preventing them from being stolen by a third party or accidentally disclosed. Applications that store and use secrets must be able to send and receive them securely. Secrets must also be stored durably such as in a database or file. Cryptography is used to keep secrets safe both in transit and in permanent storage also known as at rest. The only storage medium that should ever store unencrypted data is system memory, and only for as long as necessary. There are many cryptographic algorithms available. Vault uses two essential cryptographic techniques to protect data. The Vault API uses Transport…
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