F5 BIG-IP

F5 BIG-IP is an Application Delivery Controller (ADC) that offers a broad range of advanced management and security services. Take advantage of options like load balancing, SSL/TLS offload, DNS, firewall and many more, to drastically increase the availability, security and performance of your applications.

When integrated with a Securosys Primus HSM, F5 BIG-IP connects to the HSM via the PKCS#11 API. This allows you to store and manage your TLS private keys securely inside the tamper-protected Primus HSM, and lets the ADC offload the signing operations during TLS handshakes to the high-performance HSM.

Benefits

• Enhanced Security: All private keys are generated and stored within the HSM Partition, ensuring that sensitive key material never leaves the HSM.
• High Joint Performance: F5 BIG-IP handles SSL/TLS termination while Primus HSM stores and signs with the private keys.
• Compliance: Meet regulatory requirements for hardware-backed key storage.

Getting Started

Follow the installation guide to learn how to set up F5 BIG-IP to offload TLS to a Primus HSM.