Luna HSM Client 7.4.0
Luna HSM Client 7.4.0 was released in January 2019.
>Download Luna HSM Client 7.4.0 for Windows
>Download Luna HSM Client 7.4.0 for Linux
>Download Minimal Luna HSM Client 7.4.0 for Linux
NOTE This version of Luna HSM Client is compatible with Luna HSMs with firmware 6.2.1 and newer. Features that do not have client version dependencies will function without issue.
New Features and Enhancements
Luna HSM Client 7.4.0 includes the following new features and enhancements:
Functionality Modules
Luna HSM Firmware 7.4.0 introduces Functionality Modules (FMs). FMs consist of your own custom-developed code, loaded and operating within the logical and physical security of a Luna PCIe HSM 7 as part of the HSM firmware. FMs allow you to customize your Luna PCIe HSM 7'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 Luna HSM Client 7.4.0 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. FM-enabled status is not reversible by Factory Reset. Refer to FM Deployment Constraints for details before enabling.
See About the FM SDK Programming Guide and Functionality Modules for details and procedures.
This feature also requires Luna HSM Firmware 7.4.0 or newer.
View Utilization Metrics by Partition
View utilization metrics for an individual partition or a specified list of partitions.
See Partition Utilization Metrics for details.
This feature also requires Luna HSM Firmware 7.4.0 or newer.
Supported Operating Systems
You can install the Luna HSM Client 7.4.0 on the following operating systems:
| Operating System | Version | 64-bit applications on 64-bit OS | 32-bit applications on 64-bit OS | 32-bit applications on 32-bit OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | 10 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Windows Server | 2016 | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2012 R2 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Redhat-based Linux (including variants like CentOS) | 7 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Ubuntu * | 14.04 | Yes | No | Yes |
* The Linux installer for Luna 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.
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
>JCA within OpenJDK 7/8/9/10/11
>JCA within IBM Java 7/8
>OpenSSL
>Microsoft CAPI
>Microsoft CNG
Advisory Notes
This section highlights important issues you should be aware of before deploying Luna HSM Client 7.4.0.
Older Clients Can Fail to Complete One-Step NTLS with Newer Appliance Software
Resolved Issue LUNA-7585: Java DERIVE and EXTRACT flag settings for keys injected into the HSM
Formerly, the DERIVE and EXTRACT flags were forced to "true" in the JNI, which overrode any values passed by applications via Java. This was resolved in Luna HSM Client 7.3.0.
As of Luna HSM Client 7.3.0:
>The default values for the DERIVE and EXTRACT flags are set to "false" (were set to “true” in previous releases).
>JNI accepts and preserves values set by applications via the following Java calls:
LunaSlotManager.getInstance().setSecretKeysDerivable( true );
LunaSlotManager.getInstance().setPrivateKeysDerivable( true );
LunaSlotManager.getInstance().setSecretKeysExtractable( true );
LunaSlotManager.getInstance().setPrivateKeysExtractable( true );
NOTE If you have existing code that relies on the DERIVE and EXTRACT flags being automatically defined by the JNI for new keys, you will need to modify your application code to set the flag values correctly.
In cases where a derived key must be extractable, add the following line to the java.security file:
com.safenetinc.luna.provider.createExtractablePrivateKeys=true
