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To: Walter Morton who wrote (1458)	12/21/1998 11:39:00 AM
From: caly	Respond to of 3086

How safe is the private key that is being stored in the client's memory? Inherently unsafe, but the norm for security software applications running on a PC. The frequent (but costlier) solution to this is storing the key on a smartcard, and never having the private key leave the card. This requires that the smartcard be able to perform all signature and encryption/decryption functions. While this is more secure, it causes a degradation in performance and of course costs more. You definitely get what you pay for when it comes to security...