Introduction | Utimaco Integration Guides

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About This Guide

This guide provides an integration guide explaining how to integrate an Utimaco CryptoServer Hardware Security Module (HSM) with OpenXPKI. Utimaco securely generates and stores the private keys of Root CA and Issuing CA used by OpenXPKI.

Target Audience for This Guide

This guide is intended for administrators of OpenXPKI Administrator 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
CRL	Certificate Revocation List
CSADM	CryptoServer Command-line Administration Tool
CSR	Certificate Signing Request
FCGI	Fast Common Gateway Interface
GPG	GNU Privacy Guard
GUI	Graphical User Interface
HSM	Hardware Security Module
LAN	Local Area Network
MBK	Master Backup Key
OS	Operating System
PCIe	PCI Express Interface
PIN	Personal Identification number
PKI	Public Key Infrastructure
PKCS#11	Public-Key Cryptography Standard #11
RA	Registration Authority
RDBMS	Relational Database Management Systems
RSA	Rivest, Shamir, Adleman (cryptosystem)
SCEP	Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol
TLS	Transport Layer Security
UI	User Interface
URL	Uniform Resource Locator

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