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What is Tessera

Tessera

Tessera is a stateless Java system that is used to enable the encryption, decryption, and distribution of private transactions for Quorum.

Each Tessera node:

• Generates and maintains a number of private/public key pairs

• Self manages and discovers all nodes in the network (i.e. their public keys) by connecting to as few as one other node

• Provides Private and Public API interfaces for communication:

  • Private API - This is used for communication with Quorum
  • Public API - This is used for communication between Tessera peer nodes

• Provides two way SSL using TLS certificates and various trust models like Trust On First Use (TOFU), whitelist, certificate authority, etc.

• Supports IP whitelist

• Connects to any SQL DB which supports the JDBC client