Prerequisites for keygen

Set up hardware and obtain the keygen program.

Setting up hardware

Use a separate PC that is not connected to the internet to generate keys. To not block a complete PC for the occasional key generation process, you can use a PC that is started from an OS boot CD. The advantage is that even if you disconnect the PC temporarily from the internet, no malware logged your data.

Note: You can use RHEL/CentOS 64-bit OS.

Obtaining the keygen program

The keygen program is provided as part of a IBM® Safer Payments installation and is located in /usr/bin/iris_keygen. Its integrity is checked when you download the RPM installation package. For more information, see Downloading the RPM installation package.

Copy the contents to a portable memory location such as a memory card or USB stick.