Hardware Security Modules with KeyControl

A hardware security module (HSM) is a physical server or PCI card that stores, protects, and manages cryptographic material. An HSM is often used to do cryptographic processing as well, including the generation of secure cryptographic keys. It is used in a client-server environment, which means that the server and the client each need to be prepared in advance. As with KMIP, the advantage of an HSM is that it protects and stores critical data such as your Admin Key and any Key Encryption Keys (KEKs) you have created for your Cloud VM Sets.

KeyControl supports the SafeNet Luna HSM.

Requirements and Recommendations for SafeNet Luna Servers

• HyTrust supports SafeNet Luna servers version 6.2 and higher.
• Bandwidth recommendation:
  • Minimum: 10 Mbps half duplex
  • Recommended: 100 Mbps full duplex
• Latency recommendation:
  • Maximum: 500 ms
  • Recommended: 0.5 ms
• TCP port 1792 is required to establish a trusted connection between KeyControl and SafeNet. The other ports used by SafeNet are:
  • TCP port 22 for SSH (Secure Shell).
  • TCP port 1503 for Remote PED. This is the only configurable port.
  • UDP port 514 for the Syslog service.
  • UDP port 123 for NTP service.
  • UDP ports 161/162 for SNMP service.
• IP address validation (ipcheck) must be disabled on the SafeNet Luna server. 

For additional details, see your SafeNet documentation.