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DES HSM
Hardware Security Module · 1991 - this page is a stub

DES-HSM 1 is a hardware security module (HSM), developed in 1991 by Concord-Eracom Ne­der­land BV in Amsterdam (Netherlands). It is built around the CRY12C102 crypto chip developed in 1990 by Cryptech NV/SA in Belgium. It features the DES encryption algorithm in CBC mode.

The device is implemented as an ISA-bus card that can be fitted in a regular IBM-compatible PC of the era. It has two female D-sub connectors: a 9-pin DB-9 and a 25-pin DC-25 one.   

  1. As the correct name of this card is currently unknown, we have given it the nickname DES-HSM, based on the DES encryption algorithm implemented in the on-board crypto chip.
Concord-Eracom DES-based hardware security module (HSM)
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Specifications
  1. Not the correct name, but the official model name is currently unknown.
References
  1. Benne de Weger, Concord-Eracom DES-based hardware security module - THANKS !
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