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backup encryption key

Mario_Franco
Altostratus
Altostratus

Dear community,

I have some questions around the backup encryption key:

- What is the AES operation mode (e.g. CBC, GCM, CTR, etc.)?
- what is the key hierarchy. I assume that eventually, the Unit Key will protect all other keys, but do we then only have the master key protecting the SSL private keys or are there more levels?
- How is the master key being shared between F5 units?
- How is the unit key being stored and encrypted?

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Hello @Mario_Franco,

UCS encryption is based on GnuPG (https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K5437) which uses by default AES-128+CFB (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4880#section-13.9)

 

Regards,
Dario.