Clave secreta
que se usa en criptografía de secreto compartido (criptografía simétrica).
A cryptographic key that is
used to perform both the cryptographic operation and its inverse, for example
to encrypt and decrypt, or create a message authentication code and to verify
the code. [CNSSI_4009:2010]
(I) A cryptographic key that
is used in a symmetric cryptographic algorithm. (See: symmetric cryptography.)
[RFC4949:2007]
A single cryptographic key
that is used with a secret (symmetric) key algorithm. [NIST-SP800-57:2007]