HSM Client 10.1.0
HSM Client 10.1.0 was released in October 2019.
>Download HSM Client 10.1.0 for Windows
>Download HSM Client 10.1.0 for Linux
>Download Minimal HSM Client 10.1.0 for Linux
>Download HSM Client 10.1.0 for Solaris SPARC
>Download HSM Client 10.1.0 for Solaris x86
>Download HSM Client 10.1.0 for AIX
New Features and Enhancements
HSM Client 10.1.0 includes the following new features and enhancements:
Support for Luna Backup HSM 7
HSM Client includes the drivers and software updates required to use the new Luna Backup HSM 7. See also Luna Backup HSM 7 Firmware 7.3.2.
Remote PED Support on Linux
You can now host Remote PED services on a Linux workstation.
See About Remote PED.
Client Certificates Signed by a Trusted Certificate Authority
HSM Client 10.1 allows you to use client certificates signed by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA), which can be a commercial third-party CA or your organization's own signing station.
See Creating an NTLS Connection Using a Client Certificate Signed by a Trusted Certificate Authority.
Windows Secure Boot Support
The drivers included with the HSM Client software for Luna PCIe HSM 7s, Luna Backup HSMs, Luna USB HSMs, and Luna PEDs now support Windows Secure Boot.
Supported Operating Systems
You can install the HSM Client 10.1.0 on the following 64-bit operating systems:
| Operating System | Version | Secure Boot Supported |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | 10 | Yes |
| Windows Server Standard | 2019 | Yes |
| 2016 | Yes | |
| 2012 R2 | No | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (including variants like CentOS) | 7 | No |
| 6 | No | |
| SuSe Linux (minimal client only) | 12.4 | No |
| 11.4 | No | |
| Ubuntu * | 14.04 | No |
| 18 | No | |
| AIX ** | 7.1 | No |
| Solaris (SPARC/x86) ** | 11 |
No |
* The Linux installer for HSM Client software is compiled as .rpm packages. To install on a Debian-based distribution, such as Ubuntu, alien is used to convert the packages. We used build-essential:
apt-get install build-essential alien
If you are using a Docker container or another such microservice to install the Luna Minimal Client on Ubuntu, and your initial client installation was on another supported Linux distribution as listed above, you do not require alien. Refer to the product documentation for instructions. You might need to account for your particular system and any pre-existing dependencies for your other applications.
** Although the AIX and Solaris installers display the options, Luna PCIe HSM 7 and Luna USB HSM 7 are not supported in this release. Select only Luna Network HSM during installation.
Supported Cryptographic APIs
Applications can perform cryptographic operations using the following APIs:
>PKCS#11 2.20
>JCA within Oracle Java 7*/8*/9/10/11
*HSM Client 10.1.0 and newer requires the advanced version of Oracle Java 7/8.
>JCA within OpenJDK 7/8/9/10/11
>OpenSSL
>Microsoft CAPI
>Microsoft CNG
Advisory Notes
This section highlights important issues you should be aware of before deploying HSM Client 10.1.0.
Older Clients Can Fail to Complete One-Step NTLS with Newer Appliance Software
Newer Luna Network HSM 7 can have outdated (weaker) ciphers removed from file transfer protocols, as a security measure. If you have HSM Client 7.3.0 or older installed, it might not be possible to negotiate a common cipher for a secure link. You might see an error similar to: FATAL ERROR: Couldn't agree a host key algorithm (available: ecdsa-sha2-nistp256,ssh-ed25519).
To resolve this issue, you can download a new version of PuTTY from PuTTY.org at: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
Copy pscp.exe and plink.exe to C:\Program Files\SafeNet\LunaClient and retry One-Step NTLS.
Alternatively, install HSM Client 10.4.0 or newer, which includes plink and pscp 0.76 or newer.
HSM Client 7.5 is No Longer Available
HSM Client 7.5 is no longer available for download from the Thales Customer Portal. Thales strongly recommends that all customers using version 7.5 update their client software to 10.1 or higher.
Older JAVA Versions Require Patch/Update
The .jar files included with HSM Client 10.x have been updated with a new certificate, signed by the Oracle JCE root certificate. This certificate validation requires a minimum Oracle JDK/JRE version.
>If your application relies on Oracle Java 7 or 8, you must update to the advanced version provided by Oracle. You require (at minimum) version 7u131 or 8u121. Please refer to Oracle's website for more information: https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java-se-support-roadmap.html
>If your application relies on IBM Java 7 or 8, you must install a patch from IBM before updating to HSM Client 10.x (see APAR IJ25459 for details).
CKR_MECHANISM_INVALID Messages in Mixed Luna Cloud HSM Implementations
When using a Luna Cloud HSM service with HSM Client, you might encounter errors like "CKR_MECHANISM_INVALID" or "Error NCryptFinalizeKey" during some operations in Hybrid HA and FIPS mode (3DES Issue). This can occur if firmware versions differ between a Luna HSM partition and a Luna Cloud HSM service in an HA group when you invoke a mechanism that is supported on one but not the other. Similarly, if one member is in FIPS mode, while the other is not, a mechanism might be requested that is allowed for one member, but not the other. For example, the ms2luna tool can fail when 3DES operations are invoked.
