CSP Validation Authority is an on-premises solution for checking the validity status of issued certificates before their expiration date. When deployed on Cryptographic Security Platform, this Entrust solution adds the following to the Base installation integration report.

Certificate Authorities supported by CSP Validation Authority

Entrust CA is currently the only issuing Certificate Authority supported by CSP Validation Authority. 

Hardware secure modules supported by CSP Validation Authority

CSP Validation Authority supports the following Hardware Secure Modules (HSM).

When integrating a Hardware Security Module (HSM):

• You do not need to install the client drivers because the solution already includes this software. However, these client drivers cannot be updated.
• You cannot use HSMs from different providers simultaneously, meaning that nShield and Thales HSMs cannot coexist within the same deployment.
• You can only use 1/N card sets. A card set of, for example, 2/5 cards is not supported.
• Changing the settings of an Entrust nShield HSM requires the steps described in Administrating nShield HSM integration.

Signature key generation algorithms supported by CSP Validation Authority

CSP Validation Authority supports the following algorithms for generating the OCSP response signing key.

Databases supported by CSP Validation Authority

CSP Validation Authority is tested with the following external databases.