New Features and Enhancements

SafeNet Luna Network HSM 7.4 introduces the following new features and enhancements:

Functionality Modules

SafeNet Luna Network HSM 7.4 introduces Functionality Modules (FMs). FMs consist of your own custom-developed code, loaded and operating within the logical and physical security of a SafeNet Luna Network HSM as part of the HSM firmware. FMs allow you to customize your SafeNet Luna Network HSM's functionality to suit the needs of your organization. Custom functionality provided by your own FMs can include:

>new cryptographic algorithms, including Quantum algorithms

>security-sensitive code, isolated from the rest of the HSM environment

>keys and critical parameters managed by the FM, independent from standard PKCS#11 objects, held in tamper-protected persistent storage

To create FMs, you will need the Functionality Module Software Development Kit (SDK), which is included with the SafeNet Luna HSM Client software. Applications that use FM functions are supported on Windows and Linux.

CAUTION!   Enabling FMs (HSM policy 50) introduces changes to Luna HSM functionality, some of which are permanent; they cannot be removed by disabling the policy. Refer to FM Deployment Constraints for details before enabling.

See About the FM SDK Guide and Functionality Modules for details and procedures.

View Utilization Metrics by Partition

Release 7.4 allows you to view utilization metrics for an individual partition or a specified list of partitions.

See Partition Utilization Metrics for details.

Ed25519ph Curve

SafeNet Luna Network HSM firmware version 7.4.0 includes support for the ed25519ph curve variant.

See CKM_EDDSA for details.