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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Michael A. Crane, Austin, TX (US);
Sohail H. Malik, Galthersburg, MD (US);
John Clay Richard Wray, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Michael A. Crane, Austin, TX (US);
Sohail H. Malik, Galthersburg, MD (US);
John Clay Richard Wray, Chelmsford, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A cryptographic system for use in a data processing system. The system includes a security layer and a plurality of cryptographic routines, wherein the plurality of cryptographic routines are accessed through the security layer. Also included is a keystore and a keystore application program interface layer coupled to the security layer. The keystore application program interface layer receives a call from an application to perform a cryptographic operation, identifies a routine, calls the routine to perform the cryptographic operation, receives a result from the routine, and returns the result to the application.