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3.2.1 Basic cryptographic components
On a DataPower appliance, the basic components for cryptographic functionality
are the private keys and certificates. The certificates typically contain a
corresponding public key, digital signature, and further information about who
signed the corresponding public key. Figure 3-1 shows an Identification
Credentials object.
Figure 3-1 Relationship of Crypto Key, Cert, and Identification Credentials
The appliance allows these cryptographic artifacts to be associated with specific
cryptographic configuration objects for use within a service.
A Crypto Key configuration ...