IBM PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor

IBM withdrew from marketing the IBM 4758 PCI Cryptographic Coprocesor, effective March 31, 2005, and discontinued support as of March 15, 2010.

NOTE: The information below is provided for historical reference only.

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IBM 4758 General Information Manual (05/2002, 174KB)

IBM Crypto Server Management, General Information Manual (05/2001, 169KB) This manual describes an IBM services offering for the remote administration of Coprocessors within a network.

IBM 4758 Installation Manual (05/2000, 698KB) [Manual no longer shipped with hardware]

IBM SecureWay Cryptographic Products IBM 4758 PCI Cryptographic Coprocessor Installation Manual Release Notes (2/2006, 97KB)

IBM UltraCypher Cryptographic Specification Sheet for OEM equipment designers (01/1998, 89KB)

These manuals describe installation of the Support Program and the provided capabilities. The PKCS #11 concept and API are described on the RSA Laboratories site.

Release 2.41 PKCS #11 Installation Manual for IBM 4758-002/023 (1/2002, 231KB)

The CCA Basic Services and Installation manuals describe the capabilities of a programming interface provided with the CCA support program and explain ordering, installation, and the utility programs supplied with the Support Program.

IBM CCA Basic Services Reference and Guide for the IBM 4758 PCI and IBM 4764 PCI-X Cryptographic Coprocessors: Releases 2.53, 2.54, 3.20, 3.23, 3.24, 3.25, and 3.27 (8/2006, 5.45MB)

Release 2.41 CCA Installation Manual for IBM 4758-002/023 (02/2002, 460KB)

Custom Software Developer's Toolkit Guide
This book describes the tools that enable developers to build applications for the IBM 4758, authenticate programs, and load programs into the IBM 4758. Release 2.40 Custom Software Developer's Toolkit Guide (11/2001, 395K)

Custom Software Interface Reference
These manuals describe the function calls that applications running in the IBM 4758 use to obtain services from the Coprocessor operating system and from the Coprocessor device driver in the host system.Release 2.40 Custom Software Interface Reference (11/2001, 780K)

User Defined Extensions Reference and Guide for CCA
These manuals describe the user-defined extensions programming environment within the CCA application in the IBM 4758, the method for extending the CCA host API, and the application programming interface reference for these environments. zSeries User Defined Extensions Reference and Guide (11/2001, 561KB) Release 2 User Defined Extensions Reference and Guide (11/2001, 571KB)

Custom Software Installation Manual
This manual describes how to load software into the IBM 4758. It also explains how to load software on the host in which the IBM 4758 has been installed. Release 2.40 Custom Software Installation Manual (11/2001, 102KB)

Interactive Code Analysis Tool (ICAT) ICAT User's Guide (03/2001, 337KB)This manual describes the tool that developers use to debug applications running on the IBM 4758.

CP/Q Operating System Manuals CP/Q Operating System Overview for OEMs (06/1998, 244KB)This manual provides information on application design and implementation for the CP/Q Operating System embedded in an IBM 4758.

CP/Q Operating System C Runtime Library Reference (05/1998, 592KB)This manual describes the C library provided by the CP/Q Operating System when embedded in an IBM 4758.

CP/Q Operating System Application Programming Reference (01/1998, 1139KB)This manual describes in detail the API provided by the CP/Q Operating System when imbedded in the IBM 4758.

Building a High-Performance, Programmable Secure Coprocessor (196KB)This paper describes the hardware, software, and cryptographic architecture required to build a secure coprocessor.

Verifying Type and Configuration of an IBM 4758 Device (01/2000, 34KB)The purpose of this white paper is to quickly summarize how to verify that the black box inside their machine is a certain type of 4758 device.

Also see the page: Verifying the integrity of an IBM 4758.

IBM Research also has additional papers and information pertaining to the IBM 4764 and security on their Security Research page.

zSeries (S/390) ICSF iSeries (AS/400)

NIST Federal Information Processing Standards on Computer Security