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Updated on 2023-08-02 GMT+08:00

What Functions Does DEW Provide?

Key Management Service

  • On the KMS console, you can perform the following operations on CMKs:
    • Creating, querying, enabling, disabling, scheduling the deletion of, and canceling the deletion of CMKs
    • Modifying the alias and description of CMKs
    • Using the online tool to encrypt and decrypt small volumes of data
    • Adding, searching for, editing, and deleting tags
    • Creating, canceling, and querying grants
  • You can use the API to perform the following operations:
    • Creating, encrypting, or decrypting data encryption keys (DEKs)
    • Retiring grants
    • Signing or verifying the signature of messages or message digests
    • Generating and verifying message authentication codes.

    For details, see the Data Encryption Workshop API Reference.

  • Generate hardware true random number.

    You can generate 512-bit random numbers using the KMS API. The 512-bit hardware true random numbers can be used as or serve as basis for key materials and encryption parameters. For details, see the Data Encryption Workshop API Reference.

Key Pair Service

Using the KPS console or APIs, you can perform the following operations on key pairs:
  • Creating, importing, viewing, and deleting key pairs
  • Resetting, replacing, binding, and unbinding key pairs
  • Managing, importing, exporting, and clearing private keys

Dedicated HSM

On the Dedicated HSM page of the management console, you can purchase Dedicated HSM instances

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