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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index 202fa2de..a630878c 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -72,3 +72,12 @@ Glossary or pseudo-random number (see :doc:`Random number generation </random-numbers>`). Since a nonce does not have to be unpredictable, it can also take a form of a counter. + + opaque key + An opaque key is a type of key that allows you to perform cryptographic + operations such as encryption, decryption, signing, and verification, + but does not allow access to the key itself. Typically an opaque key is + loaded from a `hardware security module`_ (HSM). + + +.. _`hardware security module`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_security_module |