1<!-- 2 - Copyright (C) 2009 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") 3 - 4 - Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any 5 - purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above 6 - copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. 7 - 8 - THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH 9 - REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY 10 - AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, 11 - INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM 12 - LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE 13 - OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR 14 - PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. 15--> 16 17<!-- $Id: pkcs11-keygen.html,v 1.4 2009/10/06 04:40:14 tbox Exp $ --> 18<html> 19<head> 20<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> 21<title>pkcs11-keygen</title> 22<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.1"> 23</head> 24<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"> 25<a name="man.pkcs11-keygen"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> 26<div class="refnamediv"> 27<h2>Name</h2> 28<p><span class="application">pkcs11-keygen</span> — generate RSA keys on a PKCS#11 device</p> 29</div> 30<div class="refsynopsisdiv"> 31<h2>Synopsis</h2> 32<div class="cmdsynopsis"><p><code class="command">pkcs11-keygen</code> [<code class="option">-P</code>] [<code class="option">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>module</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>slot</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-e</code>] {-b <em class="replaceable"><code>keysize</code></em>} {-l <em class="replaceable"><code>label</code></em>} [<code class="option">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>id</code></em></code>] [<code class="option">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>PIN</code></em></code>]</p></div> 33</div> 34<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 35<a name="id2543397"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> 36<p> 37 <span><strong class="command">pkcs11-keygen</strong></span> causes a PKCS#11 device to generate 38 a new RSA key pair with the specified <code class="option">label</code> and 39 with <code class="option">keysize</code> bits of modulus. 40 </p> 41</div> 42<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 43<a name="id2543416"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2> 44<div class="variablelist"><dl> 45<dt><span class="term">-P</span></dt> 46<dd><p> 47 Set the new private key to be non-sensitive and extractable. 48 The allows the private key data to be read from the PKCS#11 49 device. The default is for private keys to be sensitive and 50 non-extractable. 51 </p></dd> 52<dt><span class="term">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>module</code></em></span></dt> 53<dd><p> 54 Specify the PKCS#11 provider module. This must be the full 55 path to a shared library object implementing the PKCS#11 API 56 for the device. 57 </p></dd> 58<dt><span class="term">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>slot</code></em></span></dt> 59<dd><p> 60 Open the session with the given PKCS#11 slot. The default is 61 slot 0. 62 </p></dd> 63<dt><span class="term">-e</span></dt> 64<dd><p> 65 Use a large exponent. 66 </p></dd> 67<dt><span class="term">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>keysize</code></em></span></dt> 68<dd><p> 69 Create the key pair with <code class="option">keysize</code> bits of 70 modulus. 71 </p></dd> 72<dt><span class="term">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>label</code></em></span></dt> 73<dd><p> 74 Create key objects with the given label. 75 This name must be unique. 76 </p></dd> 77<dt><span class="term">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>id</code></em></span></dt> 78<dd><p> 79 Create key objects with id. The id is either 80 an unsigned short 2 byte or an unsigned long 4 byte number. 81 </p></dd> 82<dt><span class="term">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>PIN</code></em></span></dt> 83<dd><p> 84 Specify the PIN for the device. If no PIN is provided on the 85 command line, <span><strong class="command">pkcs11-keygen</strong></span> will prompt for it. 86 </p></dd> 87</dl></div> 88</div> 89<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 90<a name="id2543563"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> 91<p> 92 <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-list</span>(3)</span>, 93 <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-destroy</span>(3)</span>, 94 <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">dnssec-keyfromlabel</span>(3)</span>, 95 </p> 96</div> 97<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 98<a name="id2543598"></a><h2>CAVEAT</h2> 99<p>Some PKCS#11 providers crash with big public exponent.</p> 100</div> 101<div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 102<a name="id2543609"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2> 103<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span> 104 </p> 105</div> 106</div></body> 107</html> 108