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TrustMaster CSP Cryptographic Service Provider
 
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The most advanced security engine for the Microsoft CryptoAPI environment
Product highlights
  • Integrates seamlessly into your Windows NT Server 4.0 through Microsoft's CryptoAPI environment
  • Dramatically boosts performance of compute-intensive security tasks
  • Takes full advantage of PCI-bus (Version 2.1) system resources for fast, high-performance security processing
  • Provides scalable, multicard performance with optional Atalla Load Balancer software
  • Utilizes large 2,048-bit public keys for digital signatures
  • Available for use worldwide
High performance security services for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows2000-based, business-critical applications

The TrustMaster CSP (cryptographic service provider) brings the unrivaled power of a dedicated hardware cryptographic engine to the Microsoft® CryptoAPI environment, allowing you to add strong, fast, transparent security services to any Windows NT® 4.0 or Windows 2000 application.
Atalla Network security processors safeguard millions of transactions every day along private networks, such as the global bank payment network. Now, Compaq has brought the same kind of physically and logically secure capabilities to the Microsoft CryptoAPI environment on a convenient PCI expansion card for Windows NT 4.0 systems.
The TrustMaster CSP integrates seamlessly via a common interface to required cryptographic services, simplifying the task of developing applications that are secure, portable, and standardized. It works directly with your application to fortify and accelerate a broad range of security features essential to electronic commerce, such as real-time generation and verification of digital signatures and certificates, and bulk encryption and decryption tasks.
Strong security. Fast processing. Proven solutions. Compaq brings the power of hardware security to Windows.
A scalable CSP engine that offloads security processing transparently
The TrustMaster CSP from Compaq is a general purpose cryptographic service provider product that provides digital signatures, bulk hashes, key generation, and data encryption tasks under Microsoft's CryptoAPI interface. It has been digitally signed by Microsoft to operate within the Windows environment, and uses genuine RSA&153; encryption algorithms for all public-key operations. In addition, with optional Load Balancer software, up to eight TrustMaster CSP PCI cards can be added to your Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 system to work in tandem to deliver even higher performance and more capability. All cryptographic work is performed within the onboard security engine. The hardware-secured design ensures that all sensitive data is safeguarded within its tamper-resistant enclosure.
Microsoft's CryptoAPI provides a seamless interface to many different kinds of cryptographic service provider products. TrustMaster CSP adds unrivaled physical security and high-performance to Windows NT Server 4.0 or Windows 2000 systems.
Hardware cryptographic engines from Compaq provide a highly cost-effective solution to the dual problems of adding strong security while enhancing system performance. Modern cryptographic operations can be compute intensive and consume valuable processor cycles. The TrustMaster CSP offloads cryptographic tasks and provides the highest level of security available. Essential security services such as privacy, authentication, integrity, and nonrepudiation are provided for the most advanced digital commerce applications. These essential application-level services are provided instantly and transparently.
Strong, fast, and transparent security services are required to build the trusted network infrastructure for high-volume digital commerce. With more than 25 years of experience meeting the most stringent security requirements, the Atalla Security Products group of Compaq is uniquely qualified to meet the demands of Internet commerce.
Standard security engine features
Cryptographic functions
CSP type
  • PROV_RSA_FULL
Supported algorithms
  • RSA
  • RC2
  • DES
  • RC4
  • SHA-1
  • MD2
  • Digital Signature
  • MD5
  • Digital Hash
Supported key lengths
  • 256 to 2,048 bits for digital signatures
  • 256 to 512 bits for key exchange
  • 40 bits for symmetric encryption
CSP security features

Physical security
  • Compliance with FIPS 140-1 Level 3 requirements
Logical security
  • RSA algorithms and key management are embedded to protect against unauthorized access or modification
Secure initialization
  • Hardware is initialized with cryptographic keys using Atalla's Secure Configuration Terminal
Performance scalability
  • The cryptographic workload can be distributed across as many as eight Atalla TrustMaster CSP PCI expansion cards with optional Load Balancer software
Specifications
Physical Characteristics Length 6.875 in/17.73 cm
Width 3.525 in/9.09 cm
Height: (primary side) 0.570 in/14.48 mm
Height: (back side) 0.105 in/2.67 mm
Certification/compliance Safety UL, CSA, TUV

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