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Introduction

This guide is part of the information and support provided by Utimaco. Additional documentation produced to support your Utimaco SecurityServer product can be found in the document directory of the Utimaco SecurityServer product bundle. All Utimaco SecurityServer product documentation is available from Utimaco’s website at https://utimaco.com/.

About This Guide

This guide describes how to enable HSM integration with LUKS. Utimaco HSM securely stores the Keys and Certificates used by LUKS to encrypt the volume.

Target Audience for This Guide

This guide is intended for LUKS and HSM administrators.

Document Conventions

The following conventions are used in this guide:

Convention

Use

Example

Bold

Items of the Graphical User Interface (GUI), e.g., menu options

Select Details and click on Properties button

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Code that is given for explanation or as an example, file paths

certreq.exe -new request.inf IISCertRequest.csr

Italic

References and important terms

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Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this guide:

Abbreviation

Meaning

CD

Compact Disc

CSADM

CryptoServer Command-line Administration Tool

GUI

Graphical User Interface

HSM

Hardware Security Module

IP

Internet Protocol

LAN

Local Area Network

MBK

Master Backup Key

PCIe

PCI Express Interface

PIN

Personal Identification number

PKCS#11

Public-Key Cryptography Standard #11

SSL

Secure Socket Layer

SO

Security Officer

URL

Uniform Resource Locator

List of abbreviations