Introduction | Utimaco Integration Guides

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About This Guide

This guide provides an integration guide explaining how to integrate a Utimaco SecurityServer Hardware Security Module (HSM) with OpenVPN. Utimaco SecurityServer securely generates and stores the private key and certificate of a client used by OpenVPN for authentication.

Target Audience for This Guide

This guide is intended for administrators of OpenVPN and of Utimaco HSMs.

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
`Monospaced`	Code that is given for explanation or as an example, file paths	`certreq.exe -new request.inf IISCertRequest.csr`
Italic	References and important terms	Operating system listed in Tested Versions

Document conventions

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Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this guide:

Abbreviation	Meaning
CA	Certificate Authority
CD	Compact Disc
CSADM	CryptoServer Command-line Administration Tool
CSR	Certificate Signing Request
GUI	Graphical User Interface
HSM	Hardware Security Module
IP	Internet Protocol
LAN	Local Area Network
MBK	Master Backup Key
P11CAT	PKCS#11 CryptoServer Administration Tool
PCIe	PCI Express Interface
PIN	Personal Identification number
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
PKCS#11	Public-Key Cryptography Standard #11
RSA	Rivest-Shamir-Adleman
SO	Security Officer
SSL	Secure Socket Layer
TLS	Transport Layer Security
URL	Uniform Resource Locator
VPN	Virtual Private Network

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