Abbreviations

Abbreviation

Meaning

HSM

Hardware Security Module

PKCS#11

Public-Key Cryptography Standards #11 (Cryptographic Token Interface)

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

TLS

Transport Layer Security

CSR

Certificate Signing Request

CA

Certificate Authority

DNS

Domain Name System

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure

API

Application Programming Interface

mTLS

Mutual Transport Layer Security

SKI

Subject Key Identifier

PEM

Privacy-Enhanced Mail (Base64 encoded certificate format)

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier

IP

Internet Protocol

VM

Virtual Machine

CDN

Content Delivery Network

DDoS

Distributed Denial of Service

RHEL

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

MBK

Master Backup Key

SO

Security Officer

LAN

Local Area Network

PCIe

Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

DNF

Dandified YUM (package manager for RHEL-based systems)

DN

Distinguished Name

CN

Common Name

EPEL

Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux

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