Key Management Interoperability Protocol

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Key Management Interoperability Protocol

• By Derrick Erickson

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Outline

• What is KMIP?
• Purpose
• Current Design
• Solution
• Details
• Conclusion
• References

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What is KMIP?

• Oasis
• KMIP is a universal management system
• It controls communication between systems
• Supported by HP, IBM, Brocade, and others

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Purpose

• An open source solution
• Fixes the weaknesses of current designs
• Reduces complexity
• Easier to maintain

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Current Design
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Solution

• Simplifies current design
• Reduces overhead
• Less complicated

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Details

• Works with symmetric keys, asymmetric keys,
  certificates, etc
• Divided into objects, operations, and attributes
• Example

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Conclusion

• Fixes the current design
• Open source
• Supports multiple types of cryptographic protocols

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References

• http//www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?w
  g_abbrevkmip
• Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP)
  Addressing the Need for Standardization in
  Enterprise Key Management