”“What prevents them from just modifying it?” Dave asked.“We’ll use an RSA algorithm. We can create a license key here that can be verified ...by our software, but can’t be created with the key that’s there. If you took a course in cryptography, it’s something called ‘message authentication’. We put our public key in the software, but keep the private key here. Nobody can generate an authentic license code without our private key and it never, ever, ever, leaves this office. That way, if anyone. ” Got more interesting, what was Paul’s big secret? I asked, “What does he not want me to know? He usually tells me everything.” Val took my hand and sandwiched it in hers and said, “No he has not told you this and if I know Paul he’ll never tell you himself.” Got more interesting by the minute, I asked, “What won’t he tell me?” Val looked over to the men’s room to see if Paul was coming back, he wasn’t, so Val carried on, “I don’t mind you knowing, in fact I’ve wanted to tell you a couple. But while she knew she belonged in the uniform, she lacked all the experience and the familiarity with the Navy and its quaint cant that the others surely possessed, familiarity with such terms as "laying on".Her fear was that might make her stand out as slow, stupid, or for some reason highly different than the others. Chief, I hope I soaked up enough from you."Welcome, Candidates. Allow me to be the first to introduce you to the Naval Science Institute. You get the short course, here, and. He struggled to get them on, then pulled them off again when he realized he couldn't roll them up to put on socks. After getting them back on, Elaina helped out by pulling down the ankle zippers, snugging them to his legs. She told him to put on the shirt before he tried stretching the pants. When that was done, he did several deep knee-bends, stretching the pants to allow him room to breath, the quality of the leather making that easier to do than he'd expected. He had to sit down to pull on.