<!-- - Copyright (C) 2009 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC") - - Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any - purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above - copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. - - THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ISC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH - REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY - AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL ISC BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, - INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM - LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE - OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR - PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. --> <!-- $Id: pkcs11-keygen.html,v 1.4 2009/10/06 04:40:14 tbox Exp $ --> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title>pkcs11-keygen</title> <meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.1"> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="refentry" lang="en"> <a name="man.pkcs11-keygen"></a><div class="titlepage"></div> <div class="refnamediv"> <h2>Name</h2> <p><span class="application">pkcs11-keygen</span> — generate RSA keys on a PKCS#11 device</p> </div> <div class="refsynopsisdiv"> <h2>Synopsis</h2> <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> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> <a name="id2543397"></a><h2>DESCRIPTION</h2> <p> <span><strong class="command">pkcs11-keygen</strong></span> causes a PKCS#11 device to generate a new RSA key pair with the specified <code class="option">label</code> and with <code class="option">keysize</code> bits of modulus. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> <a name="id2543416"></a><h2>ARGUMENTS</h2> <div class="variablelist"><dl> <dt><span class="term">-P</span></dt> <dd><p> Set the new private key to be non-sensitive and extractable. The allows the private key data to be read from the PKCS#11 device. The default is for private keys to be sensitive and non-extractable. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>module</code></em></span></dt> <dd><p> Specify the PKCS#11 provider module. This must be the full path to a shared library object implementing the PKCS#11 API for the device. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>slot</code></em></span></dt> <dd><p> Open the session with the given PKCS#11 slot. The default is slot 0. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">-e</span></dt> <dd><p> Use a large exponent. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>keysize</code></em></span></dt> <dd><p> Create the key pair with <code class="option">keysize</code> bits of modulus. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>label</code></em></span></dt> <dd><p> Create key objects with the given label. This name must be unique. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>id</code></em></span></dt> <dd><p> Create key objects with id. The id is either an unsigned short 2 byte or an unsigned long 4 byte number. </p></dd> <dt><span class="term">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>PIN</code></em></span></dt> <dd><p> Specify the PIN for the device. If no PIN is provided on the command line, <span><strong class="command">pkcs11-keygen</strong></span> will prompt for it. </p></dd> </dl></div> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> <a name="id2543563"></a><h2>SEE ALSO</h2> <p> <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-list</span>(3)</span>, <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-destroy</span>(3)</span>, <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">dnssec-keyfromlabel</span>(3)</span>, </p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> <a name="id2543598"></a><h2>CAVEAT</h2> <p>Some PKCS#11 providers crash with big public exponent.</p> </div> <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> <a name="id2543609"></a><h2>AUTHOR</h2> <p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span> </p> </div> </div></body> </html>