Question about --cryptkey

[~/beather.cz/]

Hi,

if I understood --cryptkey purpose well, it should take its imput and create encryption key.

So it means, that I need to start ASF with this argument every time? Or is there any way how to "store it"? As I found, there are two ways. One way is to run ASF through cmd and another is to create shortcut with argument in "Targed" field.

Or is there any other option which can be more safe then storing this key in such visible places?

E: as far as I can understand it, the best way is to use ProtectedDataForCurrentUser, which is not easily detectable if some1 access your computer (I'm not telling this is happening normally).
But still interested, if there is any way how to run ASF with "hidden" --cryptkey.


Thanks for advice and sorry for any noob-understanding as far as I'm not big friend with Windows

[Archi]

Storing cryptkey together with ASF serves absolutely no purpose and no security whatsoever. And yes, you need to start ASF with it every time, that's the whole point.

No, you can't run ASF with hidden cryptkey, you need to provide it to the process. And ProtectedDataForCurrentUser is definitely the best, AES is offered only as an alternative.

[~/beather.cz/]

Originally posted by Archi:

Storing cryptkey together with ASF server absolutely no purpose and no security whatsoever. And yes, you need to start ASF with it every time, that's the whole point.

No, you can't run ASF with hidden cryptkey, you need to provide it to the process. And ProtectedDataForCurrentUser is definitely the best, AES is offered only as an alternative.

thanks for answer Archi ! appreciated