"Joseph L. Casale" jcasale@ActiveNetwerx.com wrote:

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I see, how does one manipulate the keys used for data encryption after auth during file transfers for instance? <<

One doesn't; the session keys are randomly generated and are automatically renewed periodically.

Best,

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