<refentry xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="man.pkcs11-destroy">

<info>

<date>2014-01-15</date>

</info>

<refentryinfo>

<corpname>ISC</corpname>

<corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.</corpauthor>

</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle><application>pkcs11-destroy</application></refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname><application>pkcs11-destroy</application></refname>

<refpurpose>destroy PKCS#11 objects</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<docinfo>

<copyright>

<year>2009</year>

<year>2014</year>

<year>2015</year>

<year>2016</year>

<holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>

</copyright>

</docinfo>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis sepchar=" ">

<command>pkcs11-destroy</command>

<arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-m <replaceable class="parameter">module</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-s <replaceable class="parameter">slot</replaceable></option></arg>

<group choice="req" rep="norepeat">

<arg choice="plain" rep="norepeat">-i <replaceable class="parameter">ID</replaceable></arg>

<arg choice="plain" rep="norepeat">-l <replaceable class="parameter">label</replaceable></arg>

</group>

<arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">PIN</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><option>-w <replaceable class="parameter">seconds</replaceable></option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsection><info><title>DESCRIPTION</title></info>

<para>

<command>pkcs11-destroy</command> destroys keys stored in a

PKCS#11 device, identified by their <option>ID</option> or

<option>label</option>.

</para>

<para>

Matching keys are displayed before being destroyed. By default,

there is a five second delay to allow the user to interrupt the

process before the destruction takes place.

</para>

</refsection>

<refsection><info><title>ARGUMENTS</title></info>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>-m <replaceable class="parameter">module</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

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.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-s <replaceable class="parameter">slot</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Open the session with the given PKCS#11 slot. The default is

slot 0.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-i <replaceable class="parameter">ID</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Destroy keys with the given object ID.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-l <replaceable class="parameter">label</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Destroy keys with the given label.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-p <replaceable class="parameter">PIN</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Specify the PIN for the device. If no PIN is provided on the

command line, <command>pkcs11-destroy</command> will prompt for it.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-w <replaceable class="parameter">seconds</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Specify how long to pause before carrying out key destruction.

The default is five seconds. If set to <literal>0</literal>,

destruction will be immediate.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsection>

<refsection><info><title>SEE ALSO</title></info>

<para>

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>pkcs11-keygen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>pkcs11-list</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>pkcs11-tokens</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>

</para>

</refsection>

</refentry>