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Table of Contents Introduction 7 About This Guide 7 Icons We Used in This Guide 8 Assumptions We’ve Made about You 8 About Us: Utimaco 9 Chapter 1 How It All Started: A Crypto Recap 11 Payment Systems: The Starting Point for HSMs 12 Signed and Sealed with Standardization 13 Chapter 2 HSM Technology Today 15 HSM Formats 16 Security Requirements 17 HSM Design Principles 17 Physical Protection 18 Standards and Norms 20 Conclusion 20 Chapter 3 The Interface: The Key to the Application 21 Overview of the Current Interfaces for HSMs 22 PKCS#11 Cryptographic Token Interface Standard 23 JCE: Java Cryptography Extension 23 Microsoft Cryptography API: Next Generation 24 Other Standard Interfaces 24 Purposes of Interfaces 25 Selecting the Correct Interface 25 Designing and Realizing Your Own API 26 5


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