HP Dc7100 HP ProtectTools Embedded Security Guide - Page 27
Glossary, Cryptographic Service Provider CSP
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HP ProtectTools Embedded Security 38. Confirm the Security Features and click Next. 39. Confirm the Settings and click Next. 40. Enter the PSD password and click OK. 41. Click Finish and Yes to restart. Ä CAUTION: Safeguard the Basic User password. Encrypted data cannot be accessed or recovered without this password. Glossary Certification Authority (CA)-a service that issues the certificates required to run a public key infrastructure. Cryptography-the practice and study of encryption and decryption; encoding data so that it can only be decoded by specific individuals. A system for encrypting and decrypting data is a cryptosystem. These usually involve an algorithm for combining the original data ("plaintext") with one or more "keys"-numbers or strings of characters known only to the sender and/or recipient. The resulting output is known as "cipher text." Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP)-a provider or library of cryptographic algorithms that can be used in a well-defined interface to perform particular cryptographic functions. Decryption-any procedure used in cryptography to convert cipher text (encrypted data) into plaintext. Digital Certificates-electronic credentials that confirm the identity of an individual or a company by binding the identity of the digital certificate owner to a pair of electronic keys that are used to sign digital information. Digital Signature-feature used to verify the identity of the sender of a digital document and certify that the contents were not modified after the sender signed the document. Emergency Recovery Archive-the archive is a protected storage area that allows the re-encryption of basic user keys from one platform owner key to another. HP ProtectTools Embedded Security Guide www.hp.com 23