

# Supported key types for JCE provider for AWS CloudHSM Client SDK 5
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The AWS CloudHSM software library for Java enables you to generate the following key types.


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| Key Type | Description | 
| --- | --- | 
| AES | Generate 128, 192, and 256-bit AES keys.  | 
| Triple DES (3DES, DESede) | Generate a 192-bit Triple DES Key [*](#java-lib-keys_5-note-1). | 
| EC | Generate EC key pairs – NIST curves secp224r1 (P-224), secp256r1 (P-256), secp256k1 (Blockchain), secp384r1 (P-384), and secp521r1 (P-521). | 
| GENERIC\$1SECRET | Generate 1 to 800 bytes generic secrets. | 
| HMAC | Hash support for SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512. | 
| RSA | Generate 2048-bit to 4096-bit RSA keys, in increments of 256 bits. | 

\$1 In accordance with NIST guidance, this is disallowed for clusters in FIPS mode after 2023. For clusters in non-FIPS mode, it is still allowed after 2023. See [FIPS 140 Compliance: 2024 Mechanism Deprecation](compliance-dep-notif.md#compliance-dep-notif-1) for details.