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sechkey Utility

Use the sechkey utility to manage CA ControlMinder encryption and so protect your CA ControlMinder management communications. You must have the ADMIN attribute to use sechkey.

You can use it to set an encryption key for symmetric encryption, or you can use it for SSL (PKI) encryption.

If you are using symmetric keys, we recommend that you change the key from the default. If you are using SSL, we recommend that you change the default certificate and associated private key from the default.

Whichever encryption method you use, change the keys on all computers at your site after you have installed or upgraded CA ControlMinder. This prevents unauthorized users from accessing the system.

The utility handles the following tasks: