APPARATUS FOR KEY MANAGEMENT IN A SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC FACILITY - Patent 0809904

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EP 0 809 904 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	03.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/49

(21)	Application number: 95936188.0

(22)	Date of filing: 30.05.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H04L 9/ 08^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/006802

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/038948 (05.12.1996 Gazette 1997/01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE GB

(71)	Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
	Armonk, NY 10504 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HOLLOWAY, Christopher, James Surrey GU12 3HA (GB) MATYAS, Stephen, Michael Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (US)

(74)	Representative: Ling, Christopher John
	IBM United Kingdom Limited, intellectual Property Department, Hursley Park Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)

(54)	APPARATUS FOR KEY MANAGEMENT IN A SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC FACILITY