generic communication protocol between a Key Manager and an encrypting
device into an open source community. This latest effort in the Open
Storage initiative gives customers greater choice, value and
flexibility through the resources in open source communities, like the
growing Storage community within OpenSolaris. Today's announcement
sets Sun apart and enables partners to adopt this protocol to securely
handle encryption keys without additional licensing. The protocol is
implemented as a complete toolkit and is downloadable from the
OpenSolaris website
Governments, finance, healthcare, retail and other vertical markets
need to comply with current regulatory laws that create mandates to
protect sensitive stored data. To support these requirements, this
protocol is available to customers using the Sun StorageTek KMS 2.0
Key Manager and Sun StorageTek T9840D, T10000A, T10000B Enterprise
Drives, as well as Sun StorageTek HP LTO4 drives shipped in Sun
libraries. A number of additional partners are developing products
based on this protocol, including EMC, whose RSA security division has
talked about releasing it as an option on their RKM Key Manager.
"Open Storage solutions allows customers to break free from the chains
of proprietary hardware and software and this new protocol extends
this lifeline into the expensive and highly fragmented encryption
market," said Jason Schaffer, senior director, storage product
management, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Open source equals customer value
for encryption solutions and Sun now offers the only solution on the
market that works across multiple vendors and suppliers."
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