ICSF provides key stores for symmetric and asymmetric operational key tokens. Symmetric keys tokens (AES, DES and HMAC) are stored in the Cryptographic Key Data Set (CKDS). Asymmetric keys tokens (DSS, RSA, and ECC) and trusted blocks are stored in the PKA Key Data Set (PKDS).

This topic describes the callable services that manage key tokens in the key stores.

• CKDS Key Record Create (CSNBKRC and CSNEKRC)
• CKDS Key Record Create2 (CSNBKRC2 and CSNEKRC2)
• CKDS Key Record Delete (CSNBKRD and CSNEKRD)
• CKDS Key Record Read (CSNBKRR and CSNEKRR)
• CKDS Key Record Read2 (CSNBKRR2 and CSNEKRR2)
• CKDS Key Record Write (CSNBKRW and CSNEKRW)
• CKDS Key Record Write2 (CSNBKRW2 and CSNEKRW2)
• Coordinated KDS Administration (CSFCRC and CSFCRC6)
• PKDS Key Record Create (CSNDKRC and CSNFKRC)
• PKDS Key Record Delete (CSNDKRD and CSNFKRD)
• PKDS Key Record Read (CSNDKRR and CSNFKRR)
• PKDS Key Record Write (CSNDKRW and CSNFKRW)