<s>
The	O
Key	B-General_Concept
Management	I-General_Concept
Interoperability	I-General_Concept
Protocol	I-General_Concept
(	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
an	O
extensible	B-Architecture
communication	O
protocol	O
that	O
defines	O
message	O
formats	O
for	O
the	O
manipulation	O
of	O
cryptographic	O
keys	O
on	O
a	O
key	O
management	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
symmetric	B-Algorithm
and	O
asymmetric	B-Application
keys	I-Application
are	O
supported	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
sign	O
certificates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KMIP	B-General_Concept
also	O
allows	O
for	O
clients	O
to	O
ask	O
a	O
server	O
to	O
encrypt	O
or	O
decrypt	O
data	O
,	O
without	O
needing	O
direct	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
standard	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
standard	O
effort	O
is	O
governed	O
by	O
the	O
OASIS	O
standards	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Technical	O
details	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
official	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
page	O
and	O
kmip	B-General_Concept
wiki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
server	O
stores	O
and	O
controls	O
Managed	O
Objects	O
like	O
symmetric	B-Algorithm
and	O
asymmetric	B-Application
keys	I-Application
,	O
certificates	O
,	O
and	O
user	O
defined	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
types	O
of	O
managed-objects	O
being	O
managed	O
by	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Symmetric-Keys	O
used	O
for	O
algorithms	O
like	O
AES	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Public	O
and	O
Private	B-Application
Keys	I-Application
used	O
for	O
asymmetric-algorithms	O
like	O
RSA	O
and	O
ECDH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Separate	O
objects	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
storing	O
the	O
public	O
and	O
private	B-Application
key	I-Application
,	O
thus	O
a	O
user	O
may	O
have	O
permission	O
to	O
access	O
one	O
but	O
not	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operations	O
provided	O
by	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Create	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
new	O
managed	O
object	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
symmetric	B-Algorithm
key	I-Algorithm
,	O
and	O
return	O
the	O
identifier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Create	O
Key	B-Application
Pair	I-Application
,	O
creating	O
two	O
objects	O
that	O
represent	O
asymmetric	B-Application
keys	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Export	O
and	O
Import	O
keys	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
other	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KMIP	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
stateless	O
protocol	O
in	O
which	O
messages	O
are	O
sent	O
from	O
a	O
client	O
to	O
a	O
server	O
and	O
then	O
the	O
client	O
normally	O
awaits	O
on	O
a	O
reply	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
protocol	O
specifies	O
several	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
encodings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
one	O
is	O
a	O
type	B-Protocol
–	I-Protocol
length	I-Protocol
–	I-Protocol
value	I-Protocol
encoding	O
of	O
messages	O
,	O
called	O
TTLV	O
(	O
tag	O
,	O
type	B-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
length	I-Protocol
,	I-Protocol
value	I-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
very	O
compact	O
CBOR	B-Protocol
encoding	O
is	O
also	O
provided	O
for	O
applications	O
that	O
require	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
these	O
protocols	O
are	O
expected	O
to	O
be	O
transmitted	O
using	O
TLS	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
in	O
order	O
to	O
ensure	O
integrity	O
and	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KMIP	B-General_Concept
provides	O
standardized	O
mechanisms	O
to	O
manage	O
a	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
server	O
by	O
suitably	O
authorized	O
administrative	O
clients	O
using	O
System	O
Objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KMIP	B-General_Concept
also	O
provides	O
a	O
provisioning	O
system	O
that	O
facilitates	O
providing	O
end	O
points	O
with	O
credentials	O
using	O
simple	O
one	O
time	O
passwords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KMIP	B-General_Concept
also	O
defines	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
profiles	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
subsets	O
of	O
the	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
specification	O
showing	O
common	O
usage	O
for	O
a	O
particular	O
context	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
particular	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
implementation	O
is	O
said	O
to	O
be	O
conformant	O
to	O
a	O
profile	O
when	O
it	O
fulfills	O
all	O
the	O
requirements	O
set	O
forth	O
in	O
a	O
profile	O
specification	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PKCS	O
#11	O
is	O
a	O
C	B-Language
API	B-General_Concept
used	O
to	O
control	O
a	O
hardware	O
security	O
module	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
considerable	O
amount	O
of	O
overlap	O
between	O
the	O
PKCS	O
#11	O
API	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
protocol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
stated	O
objective	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
PKCS	O
#11	O
and	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
committees	O
to	O
align	O
the	O
standards	O
where	O
practical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
PKCS	O
#11	O
Sensitive	O
and	O
Extractable	O
attributes	O
are	O
being	O
added	O
to	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
version	O
1.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
people	O
are	O
on	O
the	O
technical	O
committees	O
of	O
both	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
and	O
PKCS	O
#11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KMIP	B-General_Concept
2.0	O
provides	O
a	O
standardized	O
mechanism	O
to	O
transport	O
PKCS	O
#11	O
messages	O
from	O
clients	O
to	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OASIS	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
Technical	O
Committee	O
maintains	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
known	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
implementations	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
28	O
implementations	O
and	O
61	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
products	O
in	O
this	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
standard	O
is	O
defined	O
using	O
a	O
formal	O
specification	O
document	O
,	O
testcases	O
,	O
and	O
profiles	O
put	O
forth	O
by	O
the	O
OASIS	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
technical	O
committee	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vendors	O
demonstrate	O
interoperability	O
during	O
a	O
process	O
organized	O
by	O
the	O
OASIS	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
technical	O
committee	O
in	O
the	O
months	O
before	O
each	O
RSA	O
security	O
conference	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KMIP	B-General_Concept
interops	O
have	O
been	O
held	O
every	O
year	O
since	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
test	O
the	O
interoperability	O
of	O
clients	O
and	O
servers	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
also	O
provide	O
concrete	O
examples	O
of	O
the	O
usage	O
of	O
each	O
standard	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Summary	O
of	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
versions	O
and	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2.1	O
2019	O
Ping	O
;	O
Process	O
and	O
query	O
asynchronous	O
requests	O
;	O
Standardize	O
server	O
side	O
key	O
rotation	O
;	O
Set	O
and	O
query	O
attribute	O
defaults	O
;	O
Set	O
and	O
query	O
constraints	O
on	O
attributes	O
;	O
3.0	O
2021	O
Add	O
an	O
explicit	O
concept	O
of	O
KMIP	B-General_Concept
users	O
,	O
modeled	O
as	O
System	O
Objects	O
;	O
Lifecycle	O
improvements	O
to	O
references	O
to	O
other	O
objects	O
using	O
names	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
unique	O
identifiers	O
;	O
Formalize	O
object	O
groups	O
and	O
hierarchies	O
;	O
Obliterate	O
administrative	O
operation	O
;	O
</s>
