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ProtectServer Orange
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ProtectServer Orange External is an unbranded Personal Computer (PC), sold in the early 2000s by the Australian multi­national company Eracom Technologies Pty. Ltd. (later: SafeNet) for secure handling of sen­si­tive data and financial transactions. It is fitted with the company's CSA-8000 Hard­ware Security Module (HSM), a.k.a. ProtectHost Orange, and software from Concord-Eracom.

The image on the right shows a typical Protect­Server Orange External that is fitted with the CSA-8000 HSM. It was donated in August 2026 by Benne de Weger, a former Concord-Eracom employee and later Professor at the Coding Theory & Cryptology Group of the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, Netherlands).

This page currently acts as a placeholder for future information about this device.
  

Specifications
  • Device
    Network-attached hardware security module
  • Purpose
    Secure data processing and communication via public TCP/IP networks
  • Model
    Protect ServerOrange External
  • Manufacturer
    Eracom, SafeNet
  • Year
    2002-?
  • Country
    Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands
  • CSA-8000
  • Algorithms
    RSA (4096), DSA, ECDSA (512), DH
    AES, DES, 3DES, CAST-128, RC2, RC4, SEED 1
  • Modes
    ECB, CBC, OFB64, CFB-8 (BCF)
  • OS
    see below
  • Interface
    Dual LAN (TCP/IP), CLI, GUI
  • Speed
    600 RSA signings/sec
  • Compliance
    FIPS 140-2 Level 3
  • API
    PKCS #11, EFT (multi-threaded)
  • RNG
    True RNG
  • Power
    110/220 V/AC (switchable)
  • Dimensions
    (HWD) 76 × 300 × 327 mm
  • Weight
    4 kg
  1. Other algorithms available upon request.
OS Support
  • Windows
    NT, XP, 2000, 2003 (32-bit)
  • Solaris
    7, 8, 9 (32/64-bit)
  • Linux
    RH7, RH8, EL3, FC2
  • AIX
    5.2 (32-bit), 5.3 (32/64-bit)
  • HPUX
    11 (32-bit), 11i (32/64-bit)
Documentation
  1. Protect ServerOrange External - Brochure
    2113EN-AU1205. SafeNet, 2005. 4 pages.

  2. ProtectToolkit C, Cryptographic API/Toolkit
    2161EN-AU1205. SafeNet, 2005. 4 pages.

  3. Protect ServerOrange External - Leaflet
    Safenet Inc., 2007.
References
  1. Benne de Weger, Eracom PL50 computer with CSA-8000 HSM - THANKS !
    Crypto Museum, August 2026.
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