# KMS Guide [![Slack](https://slack.min.io/slack?type=svg)](https://slack.min.io)

MinIO uses a key-management-system (KMS) to support SSE-S3. If a client requests SSE-S3, or auto-encryption is enabled, the MinIO server encrypts each object with an unique object key which is protected by a master key managed by the KMS.

## Quick Start

# MinIO Grid

The MinIO Grid is a package that provides two-way communication between servers.
It uses a single two-way connection to send and receive messages between servers.

It includes built in muxing of concurrent requests as well as congestion handling for streams.

Requests can be "Single Payload" or "Streamed".

Use the MinIO Grid for:

* Small, frequent requests with low latency requirements.

## What is Erasure Code?

# MinIO FIPS Builds

MinIO creates FIPS builds using a patched version of the Go compiler (that uses BoringCrypto, from BoringSSL, which is [FIPS 140-2 validated](https://csrc.nist.gov/csrc/media/projects/cryptographic-module-validation-program/documents/security-policies/140sp2964.pdf)) published by the Golang Team [here](https://github.com/golang/go/tree/dev.boringcrypto/misc/boring).

## Get started

### 1. Prerequisites

- Docker 18.03 or above, refer here for [installation](https://docs.docker.com/install/).

### 2. Start etcd

etcd uses [gcr.io/etcd-development/etcd](https://console.cloud.google.com/gcr/images/etcd-development/GLOBAL/etcd) as a primary container registry.

```
rm -rf /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && mkdir -p /tmp/etcd-data.tmp && \

- If storage class is not defined before starting MinIO server, and subsequent PutObject metadata field has `x-amz-storage-class` present
with values `REDUCED_REDUNDANCY` or `STANDARD`, MinIO server uses default parity values.

### Set metadata

Using the above `id_token` we can perform an STS request to MinIO to get temporary credentials for MinIO API operations. MinIO STS API uses [JSON Web Key Set Endpoint](https://docs.wso2.com/display/IS541/JSON+Web+Key+Set+Endpoint) to validate if JWT is valid and is properly signed.

### Server-Side Encryption - Preliminaries

#### Secret Keys

- Primary security coordinator: ******@****.***
- Secondary coordinator: ******@****.***
- If you receive no response: ******@****.***

### Disclosure Process

MinIO uses the following disclosure process:

1. Once the security report is received one member of the security team tries to verify and reproduce
   the issue and determines the impact it has.

## FAQs

### How does ``MinIO`` manage dependencies?

``MinIO`` uses `go mod` to manage its dependencies.

- Run `go get foo/bar` in the source folder to add the dependency to `go.mod` file.

To remove a dependency

- Edit your code and remove the import reference.