Method of manufacturing generic meters in a key management system

A method of configuring transaction evidencing device in a Key Management System, comprising the steps of:

• generating a domain;
• generating at least one sub-domain;
• installing the domain in secure boxes of the Key Management System;
• generating a master key and test token within the domain;
• recording the master key in the domain archive;
• installing the master key into a transaction evidencing device and associating the master key with a physical device identifier;
• generating a token in the transaction evidencing device;
• verifying that the test token and the transaction evidencing device generated token are identical;
• generating a token from a master key in the archive;
• verifying that the transaction evidencing device generated token and the archive generated token are identical;
• assigning a sub-domain to the transaction evidencing device;
• installing a logical device identifier into the transaction evidencing device;
• associating the logical device identifier to the physical device identifier;
• generating a registration token in the transaction evidencing device based on the logical device identifier and the physical device identifier;
• generating registration tokens using the master key recorded in the archives;
• verifying that the registration tokens are identical;
• and
• registering the master key in the sub-domain.

A method of configuring digital postage meters comprising the steps of:

• a) generating a master key in a logical security domain of a Key Management System;
• b) installing the master key into a digital postage meter;
• c) verifying the installation of the master key;
• and
• d) registering the master key to a logical security sub-domain in the Key Management System.