Integration via JCA/JCE

Java Cryptography Architecture/Java Cryptography Extension (JCA/JCE) is a framework for cryptographic operations available on operating systems that have the Java platform installed. The cryptographic algorithm implementations of this framework are based on CSPs(Cryptographic Service Providers) that implement the cryptographic functionalities and can be developed by Sun Microsystems or by third parties.

The JCA/JCE CSP Dinamo Networks Dinamo enables integration between a Java application using the JCA/JCE framework and the HSM. This CSP is built on the native HSM API and makes the algorithms present in the HSM available to JCA/JCE.

The complete reference for the JCA/JCE framework can be found on the official Sun Microsystems Inc. website. The information in this manual deals with the specifics of the JCA/JCE CSP Dinamo Networks Dinamo.

Session-Thread Affinity

HSM sessions have session-thread affinity. This means that the same session cannot be used by several threads at the same time.