Glossary
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CMOS
Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor. A common data storage component
Cprov
ProtectToolkit C - SafeNet’s PKCS #11 Cryptoki Provider
Cryptoki
Cryptographic Token Interface Standard. (aka PKCS#11)
CSA
Cryptographic Services Adapter
CSPs
Microsoft Cryptographic Service Providers
D
Decryption
The process of recovering the plaintext from the ciphertext
DES
Cryptographic algorithm named as the Data Encryption Standard
Digital Signature
A mechanism that allows a recipient or third party to verify the originator of a document and to ensure that the doc-
ument has not be altered in transit
DLL
Dynamically Linked Library. A library which is linked to application programs when they are loaded or run rather than
as the final phase of compilation
DSA
Digital Signature Algorithm
E
Encryption
The process of converting the plaintext data into the ciphertext so that the content of the data is no longer obvious.
Some algorithms perform this function in such a way that there is no known mechanism, other than decryption with
the appropriate key, to recover the plaintext. With other algorithms there are known flaws which reduce the difficulty
in recovering the plaintext
SafeNet ProtectToolkit 5.9 Installation and Configuration Guide
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