Red Hat CERTIFICATE SYSTEM 7.2 - MIGRATION GUIDE, Administration Manual

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Hardware Cryptographic Accelerators
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TokenInfo
This utility will return all tokens which can be detected by the Certificate System, not only tokens which
are installed in the Certificate System.
11.5. Hardware Cryptographic Accelerators
The Certificate System can use hardware cryptographic accelerators with external tokens. Many of the
accelerators provide the following security features:
• Fast SSL connections. Speed is important to accommodate a high number of simultaneous
enrollment or service requests.
• Hardware protection of private keys. These devices behave like smart cards by not allowing private
keys to be copied or removed from the hardware token. This is important as a precaution against
key theft from an active attack of an online Certificate Manager.