Press release: TrustWay Apache, a hardware encryption accelerator for Apache web servers

TrustWay Apache allows the creation of high-security and high-performance web services in a 100% standard Apache and Linux environment

Paris, February 4, 2003: TrustWay Apache allows the creation of high-security and high-performance web services in a 100% standard Apache and Linux environment

A new component of the TrustWay encryption family of solutions, TrustWay Apache allows the simple integration of encryption hardware on Apache web servers. It ensures that Internet and Intranet transactions are secure without server performance degradation. It ensures also the storage and manipulation of keys, always a delicate operation in a software environment.

The solution is composed of 2 elements:

• Linux Apache web server software modules
• An encryption card, TrustWay Crypto PCI

Using the OpenSSL mechanisms, Evidian has developed the necessary interfaces to allow the TrustWay Crypto card to be simply and rapidly integrated into an Apache environment. The TrustWay Crypto card securely manages and stores the encryption keys according to the most rigorous norms (FIPS140-1, ITSEC,...).

TrustWay Crypto is entirely designed and manufactured in Europe, including its encryption components. It therefore allows companies and government institutions to benefit from the high level of confidence needed for protection against fraud and economic espionage.

Thanks to the new package offer, it becomes very easy to create highly secure and performant Internet and Extranet environments in a 100% standard Linux Apache offering:

• High performance encryption
• Absolute trust in confidentiality and the inviolability of encryption keys and signature