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Common Data Security Architecture
DownloadQ: When will the Common Security Services Manager version 1.0 expire? When will the next version be available?A: The Common Security Services Manager version 1.0 expires on Wednesday, April 30, 1997. To continue using the CSSM you must download a new copy from Intel’s corporate web site. A date for the next version of CSSM has not been determined.
Q: How can I detect when a new version of the Common Security Services Manager is available on the web site?
InstallQ: Is special hardware required to run the Common Security Services Manager, or any of the related downloadable software?A: Special hardware is NOT required to run the Common Security Services Manager, the Cryptographic Token, the sample security applications, or the CSSM Java language adapter. For best performance, we recommend a system with an Intel Pentium® processor (90 MHz or greater). The system should have at a minimum 8 MB of RAM, 16 MB is recommended.
Q: Does the Common Security Services Manager require any other special software or system configuration?
A: The Intel reference implementation uses ODBC drivers for Microsoft Access* 7.0. Support for other databases would have to be provided by other Data Storage Library add-ins.
Q: When will the Common Security Services Manager run on other operating systems, such as Windows 3.1 and UNIX*?
Common Security Services ManagerQ: What is the Common Security Services Manager?A: The Common Security Services Manager is an extensible infrastructure that defines a certificate-based API for security services, and manages add-in security modules that provide services to applications, in accordance with the CSSM-defined API.
Q: Can I run multiple applications concurrently using CSSM?
Q: I received a notification that my copy of the Common Security Services Manager will expire in a few days. Why?
Q: Is a system running with an Intel Pentium® processor required to run the Common Security Services Manager?
Q: How can I find the current version number of the CSSM that is running on my system?
Q: After uninstalling the CSSM, CSSM-related entries remained in the Windows registry. How can these be removed?
Q: Can I create my own trust policy add-in security module? Or certificate library module? Or data storage library module? Or cryptographic service module?
Cryptographic TokenQ: I received a notification that my copy of the Cryptographic Token has expired. Why?A: Consistent with other beta software programs, the expiration date of this software helps to ensure that Intel Beta Program participants are using only the most current versions of the software.
Q: Is a system running with an Intel Pentium® processor required to run my copy of the Cryptographic Token?
Q: What cryptographic algorithms are supported in this token?
Sample Security ApplicationsQ: Can I create my own applications using the CSSM and add-in security modules?A: Yes. Using the security APIs documented in the Common Security Services Manager API Specification you can implement new, secure applications or augment existing applications with security facilities.
CSSM Java Language AdapterQ: What Java environments can access the Common Security Services Manager API?A: The class library and DLL available for download at this time runs in Netscape Navigator 3.01 on Windows NT 4.0 only.
Q: Will other Java environments be supported in the future?
Release Notes:Q: What release notes are available and how do I obtain them?A: Release notes for the Intel CSSM and Intel Add-ins in the document titled relnotes.doc, the release notes for the CSSM Java Adapter are included in the document titled readmejv.txt, and the release notes for the Sample Applications are included in the document titled readmeap.txt. Each of these documents also included in its cooresponding download module.
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