Import key, 57 viewing the clone key section, 37 clone key section components – HP Secure Key Manager User Manual
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Figure 57 Viewing the Clone Key section
Table 37 Clone Key section components
Component
Description
New Key Name
This is the name that the server uses to refer to the new key. The key name must begin
with a letter, it must be between 1 and 64 characters (inclusive), and it can consist of
letters, numbers, underscores (_), periods (.), and hyphens (-).
Key Cloned From
This is the key that will be copied.
Key Bytes
Select Copy from original key to use the same key bytes or select Create versioned key
bytes from non-versioned key to create a new versioned key based on the metadata
from the cloned key: the new key will not share key bytes with the copied key.
Copy Group
Permissions
Select this option to copy the group permissions from the existing key.
Copy Custom
Attributes
Select this option to copy the custom attributes from the existing key.
Clone
Click Clone to create a copy of the key.
Import Key
The Import Key section allows you to import clear text keys on SKMs. Asymmetric keys must be imported
in PEM-encoded ASN.1 DER-encoded PKCS #1 format, and both the public and private keys must be
imported. Symmetric keys must be in Base 16 format, and in the case of DES keys, parity bits must
be properly set.
IMPORTANT:
The server will not import keys that are known to be weak, such as 64 bit DES. In addition, the parity bits
must be set properly; otherwise, the server returns an error.
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