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ISO 9564, 11568:
krüptovõtme ühe osa valdamine konfidentsiaalselt ja teistest sõltumatult, kusjuures see osa eraldi ei ütle midagi tervikvõtme kohta
= condition under which two or more parties separately and confidentially have custody of the constituent part of a single cryptographic key which, individually, conveys no knowledge of the resultant cryptographic key

vt ka
- shared secret 1