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Supported key types for OpenSSL Dynamic Engine for AWS CloudHSM Client SDK 5

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Supported key types for OpenSSL Dynamic Engine for AWS CloudHSM Client SDK 5 - AWS CloudHSM

The AWS CloudHSM OpenSSL Dynamic Engine supports the following key types with Client SDK 5.

Key Type Description
EC ECDSA sign/verify for P-256, P-384, and secp256k1 key types. To generate EC keys that are interoperable with the OpenSSL engine, see Export an asymmetric key with CloudHSM CLI.
RSA RSA key generation for 2048, 3072, and 4096-bit keys.RSA sign/verify. Verification is offloaded to OpenSSL software.
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