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10.5 Luna Cloud HSM Client

Version 10.5 of the HSM client is now available for download from Thales Data Protection on Demand for Luna Cloud HSM services. This client supports hybrid usage of both Luna Cloud HSM services and the Luna HSM product line, as detailed in the Luna Cloud HSM Client User Guide. See Upgrade Client for more information about upgrading your client.

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Universal Cloning

Universal Cloning (CPv4) will be a supported feature in UC 10.5.0 but only when used with Firmware 2.0. Universal Cloning can be used for key migration to any trusted Thales HSMs that also support the Universal Cloning protocol.

In order to use the Universal Cloning feature, the following must be true:

  • you have a Luna Client at version UC 10.5.0 or newer
  • you have Firmware at version 2.0 or newer
  • the source partition's security policy allows cloning of private and secret keys

NOTE: You can only clone between initialized partitions, and they must have the same cloning domain (secret), which is provided at the time of initialization.

More info can be found here: Universal Cloning

UC Dynamic UserID Loading

As of UC 10.5, the configuration of multiple users will be supported which allows multiple partition slots to be accessed from a single client instance. This allows customers to add multiple Luna Cloud HSM service UserID's (a combination of unique AuthTokenClientID, AuthTokenClientSecret, AuthTokenConfigURI) without the need to restart the application after the addition of a new UserID. This will enable a service provider to configure multiple UserID's without impacting the service any of the other users in the same UC instance.

The ability to load multiple partitions to the same UserID without impacting service to other users will also be supported. If an attempt is made to add the same partition ID to a different user that will be ignored and a Warning log will be generated.

More info can be found here: UC Dynamic UserID

For more information about client features and enhancements and client advisory notes see 10.5 Client Customer Release Notes. See Known and Resolved Issues for more information about existing problems and available workarounds.

Universal Cloning

UC 10.5.0 will be available in production by 09/09/2022.

Universal Cloning (CPv4) will be a supported feature in UC 10.5.0 but only when used with Firmware 2.0. Universal Cloning can be used for key migration to any trusted Thales HSMs that also support the Universal Cloning protocol.

In order to use the Universal Cloning feature, the following must be true:

  • you have a Luna Client at version UC 10.5.0 or newer
  • you have Firmware at version 2.0 or newer
  • the source partition's security policy allows cloning of private and secret keys

NOTE: You can only clone between initialized partitions, and they must have the same cloning domain (secret), which is provided at the time of initialization.

 

New certificate issuer for European data center

A new certificate issuer will be used in the European data center for Luna Cloud HSM clients as of August 16th.

A knowledge base article with a full description of the change is available here. The article contains important information on mandatory changes for users on 10.0 or 10.1 client versions.

This change introduces a new endpoint for validating the certificate status. Please ensure that operating systems hosting the client are able to validate the server certificate status (OCSP/CRL) using port 80.

Ensure that these certificate revocation lists (CRLs) are accessible from the client machine prior to the planned change in August 2022 to guarantee continuity of service.

Current CRL: http://crl.godaddy.com/gdig2s1-3235.crl
New CRL: http://crl.sectigo.com/SectigoRSAOrganizationValidationSecureServerCA.crl
Platform CRL: http://crl3.digicert.com/ssca-sha2-g7.crl

Audit Logs Available for Luna Cloud HSM Services

Thales Data Protection on Demand now collects audit logs for Luna Cloud HSM Services using client version 10.2 and newer. Users can generate audit log files and retrieve signed URLs for access to the audit log files using the Audit Query API /v1/audit-log-exports endpoint. Audit logs provide a record of the outcome of an action by an actor on a resource. 

For more information about Audit Logging see About the Audit Log API. 

Updated Luna Cloud HSM Service Firmware Versions in NA

The firmware versions for Luna Cloud HSM Services operating in NA environments have been updated. The current firmware version based on region and FIPS mode are as follows:

  • NA FIPS - 1.5
  • NA non-FIPS - 1.5
  • EU FIPS - 1.5
  • EU non-FIPS - 1.6 

FW 1.5 includes improvements to the Point to Point encryption service. FW 1.5 also includes the following bug fixes:

  • SH-4366 - The firmware can create but not import public+sensitive keys. You must specify both CKA_PRIVATE=1 and CKA_SENSITIVE=1 Key Attributes for all Generated, Derived and Unwrapped keys
  • SH-5322 - The firmware crashes when cancelling a multi-part operation. The firmware no longer crashes when cancelling a multi-part operation.
  • SH-5595 - Deriving x9.42 DH2 returns CKR_OBJECT_HANDLE_INVALID. Deriving x9.42 DH2 no longer returns CKR_OBJECT_HANDLE_INVALID

Updates to DPoD Platform

Additional Fields are now Mandatory for Tenant Registration

The following fields are now mandatory for tenant registration:

  • Address
  • City
  • ZIP Code
  • State/Province/Region*

* Mandatory if Country is set to United States, Canada, or Australia

Clone between PED Luna HSM and Luna Cloud HSM with Luna HSM Client 10.4.1

Version 10.4.1 of the Luna HSM client is now available for download from the Thales Customer Support Portal.  This client supports hybrid usage of both Luna Cloud HSM services and the Luna HSM product line, as detailed in the Luna Cloud HSM Client User Guide.

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  • Luna HSM Client 10.4.1 allows you to initialize a Luna Cloud HSM service using a domain secret imported from a red PED key. This allows you to clone objects between PED-authenticated Luna HSM partitions and Luna Cloud HSM enabling cloud backups and improving availability by adding Luna Cloud HSM to your HA groups. See Initializing a Luna Cloud HSM Service for more information.

Thales Luna Cloud HSM Available Through Google Cloud Marketplace

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The Thales Luna Cloud HSM service is now available through Google Cloud Marketplace. Provisioning a Luna Cloud HSM service through Google Cloud Marketplace automatically generates a Thales Data Protection on Demand (DPoD) tenant and registers the user as the primary tenant administrator. The DPoD tenant provides access to features such as reporting and user and account management.

See the Thales Luna Cloud HSM service and Thales Data Protection on Demand documentation for more information.

Partition Restoration

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Thales Data Protection on Demand can support requests to restore a Luna Cloud HSM Service partition to a previous state. 

Partition snapshots are taken daily and stored for 7 days. A tenant administrator can submit a partition snapshot restore request to have a partition restored to a previous state. Users can request restoration of a partition to recover from catastrophic events such as accidental zeroization of the service partition. Partition rollbacks can take up to 48 hours to complete.

Restoring a partition will undo any changes made to the service partition since the backup date, this includes removing new objects from the service partition and resetting password changes. 

Please download and complete the Partition Snapshot Restoration Request Form and include it in your support request to Thales Customer Support Portal. 

See the Partition Snapshot Restoration Guide for more information.

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