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Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022

Filed:

May. 02, 2019
Applicant:

British Telecommunicatiosn Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Joshua Daniel, London, GB;

Ali Sajjad, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 7/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/0869 (2013.01); H04L 9/0877 (2013.01); H04L 9/0897 (2013.01); G06F 7/588 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer implemented method of generating cryptographic keys for a plurality of hardware security modules (HSMs), the method including generating a plurality of cryptographic keys for use by the HSMs in providing cryptography functions, wherein the cryptographic keys are generated based on numerical data generated by a hardware random number generator; and storing the generated cryptographic keys in a secure key store, such that a key in the key store utilized by an HSM is flagged as utilized to prevent other HSMs utilizing the same key, so as to provide a rate of generation and storage of the cryptographic keys unconstrained by the resources of any HSM.


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