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Destroy

Specification¶

This operation is used to indicate to the server that the key material for the specified Managed Object SHALL be destroyed or rendered inaccessible. The meta-data for the key material SHALL be retained by the server. Objects SHALL only be destroyed if they are in either Pre-Active or Deactivated state.

Implementation¶

To destroy a key, it must be revoked using the Revoke operation first.

Destroyed keys are set in the state destroyed on the Cosmian KMS Server. They can only be retrieved using the Export operation. The Get operation will return an error. No key material will be returned by the Export operation, only metadata.

Example - Symmetric key¶

Destroying key f54f14a3-5639-4054-8c23-54af891669db:

Corresponding ckms command:

  ckms sym keys destroy -k f54f14a3-5639-4054-8c23-54af891669d

RequestResponse

    {
      "tag": "Destroy",
      "type": "Structure",
      "value": [
        {
          "tag": "UniqueIdentifier",
          "type": "TextString",
          "value": "f54f14a3-5639-4054-8c23-54af891669db"
        }
      ]
    }

    {
      "tag": "DestroyResponse",
      "type": "Structure",
      "value": [
        {
          "tag": "UniqueIdentifier",
          "type": "TextString",
          "value": "f54f14a3-5639-4054-8c23-54af891669db"
        }
      ]
    }