But then the child/teenager, if they know about keychain they could check it 
and find the key. Unless there is a way to prevent them from seeing it.
Speaking of keychain, can you recommend me a good public domain keychain 
framework? I currently wrote my own and on some computers, the keychain didn't 
work, the only thing they all had in common was 1password.

On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Gleb Dolgich wrote:

> You could store the generated key in a keychain. This way you wouldn't have 
> to ask for the password to access the encryption key.
> 
> -- 
> Gleb Dolgich
> http://pixelespressoapps.com
> 
> On 30 Dec 2009, at 18:58, Mr. Gecko wrote:
> 
>> But then how would I get the data? If the key has to do with the password, 
>> then how can I get the parental settings and respond to them.
>> 
>> On Dec 30, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Gleb Dolgich wrote:
>> 
>>> Perhaps a better way would be to ask for a password once the user is 
>>> authenticated, and then generate an AES key using that password, instead of 
>>> storing encryption key inside your program. With you current scheme, if 
>>> anyone breaks your 'common' key, everyone will be able to circumvent your 
>>> parental protection.
> 

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