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uni
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Feb 21, 2018

Shall all master-keys be unique?

In a synchronisation group, does each device need to have the same master-key? It seems to me that this shouldn't be the case, as each device is shipped with a different master key. However, if I se...
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JG
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Feb 21, 2018

There is an existing devcentral article Working with MasterKeys about this, and from that article:

 

"...the master key unit is:

 

  • Different on each standalone device but shared within a cluster.
  • Different on each vCMP guest and is dissociated from vCMP host."

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