Appendix A: Abbreviations - Entrust nShield Security Manual

Appendix A: Abbreviations

Abbreviati Description
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ACL Access Control List
ACS Administrator Card Set
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
API Application Program Interface
CMVP Cryptographic Module Validation Program
CPU Central Processing Unit
DES Data Encryption Standard
DSA Digital Signature Algorithm
EAL Evaluation Assurance Level
ECDSA Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm
eIDAS Electronic Identification and Signature (Electronic Trust Services)
ESN Electronic Serial Number
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard
HSM Hardware Security Module
IDS Intrusion Detection System
IP Internet Protocol
IPS Intrusion Prevention System
IPvX Internet Protocol version (where X is the version number)
JCA/JCE Java Cryptography Architecture/ Java Cryptography Extension
CSP Cryptographic Service Provider
LED Light Emitting Diode
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NTP Network Time Protocol
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