Using Digital Certificates

Secure Proxy uses X.509 digital certificates for secure data transport. Before you set up trading partner information, you must obtain and check in any digital certificates. Certificates can be stored in the Secure Proxy store or on a Hardware Security Module (HSM). An HSM is a hardware-based security device that generates, stores, and protects cryptographic keys. Secure Proxy provides support for the Safenet and Thales HSMs.

After you store system certificates on the HSM and import information about the system certificates stored on the HSM to the Secure Proxy store, all system certificates, including those in the store and on an HSM, are displayed and available when you configure Secure Proxy.