Encrypting and resetting Resource Registry values
You can encrypt a resource value, remove resource encryption, or reset encrypted values.
You can convert a legacy resource name (.mrn ) file to use the Advanced Encryption Standard . With the correct passphrase, you can regenerate a lost
or damaged master encryption key.
Encrypting a Resource Registry value and generating a master key file .mrn ) file for the first time creates a master encryption key and the master key (.mkf ) file where the key is stored. When you subsequently encrypt other resource values in that .mrn file, the Resource Registry uses the same master encryption key and .mkf .Converting a Resource Registry name file to AES encryption .mrn ) file that contains encrypted resources to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES ) encryption format by using a new or existing master encryption key. If you do not want to convert to AES format, you can continue to use your existing .mrn files without converting them.Resetting encrypted Resource Registry values .mkf ) file is present with Resource Registry, you control encryption at the individual resource level. When the .mkf file is not present and you reset the encryption of a single resource value, the Resource Registry resets the encryption of all of the values in the .mrn file. The Resource Registry clears the encrypted strings and sets the encryption flags to OFF . It also removes the master key file name and key ID from the .mrn file.Regenerating a Resource Registry master key file