Nonstop Volume Level Encryption Guide

K
KMS Key Management System (KMS) Server. The KMS server is the firmware component of the ESKM
server that manages communications between the ESKM and the clients.
N
NSSuser NonStop Setup User. The user that performs the “8. Register the CLIMs” (page 42) installation
step.
NSVLE NonStop Volume Level Encryption.
P
PCI Payment Card Industry
R
RSA RSA (which stands for Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman who first publicly described it) is an algorithm
for public-key cryptography. It is the first algorithm known to be suitable for signing as well as
encryption, and one of the first advances in public key cryptography. RSA is widely used in
electronic commerce protocols, and is believed to be secure given sufficiently long keys and the
use of up-to-date implementations.
S
SSL Secure Sockets Layer. A cryptographic protocol that provides security for communications over
networks.
X
XEX Xor-Encrypt-Xor. An encryption mode designed to allow very efficient processing of consecutive
blocks.
XTS XEX-based Tweaked CodeBook mode (TCB) with CipherText Stealing (CTS). Ciphertext stealing
provides support for sectors with size not divisible by block size, for example, 520-byte sectors
and 16-byte blocks.
60 Glossary of terms used in this manual