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<refentry id="man.pkcs11-ecgen">

<refentryinfo>

<date>Feb 30, 2012</date>

</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle><application>pkcs11-ecgen</application></refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname><application>pkcs11-keygen</application></refname>

<refpurpose>generate keys on a PKCS#11 device</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<docinfo>

<copyright>

<year>2009</year>

<year>2014</year>

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

</copyright>

</docinfo>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>pkcs11-keygen</command>

<arg choice="req">-a <replaceable class="parameter">algorithm</replaceable></arg>

<arg><option>-b <replaceable class="parameter">keysize</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-e</option></arg>

<arg><option>-i <replaceable class="parameter">id</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-m <replaceable class="parameter">module</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-P</option></arg>

<arg><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">PIN</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-q</option></arg>

<arg><option>-S</option></arg>

<arg><option>-s <replaceable class="parameter">slot</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="req">label</arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

<para>

<command>pkcs11-keygen</command> causes a PKCS#11 device to generate

a new key pair with the given <option>label</option> (which must be

unique) and with <option>keysize</option> bits of prime.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>ARGUMENTS</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>-a <replaceable class="parameter">algorithm</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Specify the key algorithm class: Supported classes are RSA,

DSA, DH, and ECC. In addition to these strings, the

<option>algorithm</option> can be specified as a DNSSEC

signing algorithm that will be used with this key; for

example, NSEC3RSASHA1 maps to RSA, and ECDSAP256SHA256 maps

to ECC. The default class is "RSA".

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-b <replaceable class="parameter">keysize</replaceable></term>

<listitem>

<para>

Create the key pair with <option>keysize</option> bits of

prime. For ECC keys, the only valid values are 256 and 384,

and the default is 256.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-e</term>

<listitem>

<para>

For RSA keys only, use a large exponent.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

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

<listitem>

<para>

Create key objects with id. The id is either

an unsigned short 2 byte or an unsigned long 4 byte number.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<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>-P</term>

<listitem>

<para>

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.

</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-ecgen</command> will

prompt for it.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-e</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Quiet mode: suppress unnecessary output.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>-S</term>

<listitem>

<para>

For Diffie-Hellman (DH) keys only, use a special prime of

768, 1024 or 1536 bit size and base (aka generator) 2.

If not specified, bit size will default to 1024.

</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>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>SEE ALSO</title>

<para>

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>pkcs11-rsagen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>pkcs11-dsagen</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>pkcs11-list</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>pkcs11-destroy</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

<citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>dnssec-keyfromlabel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>

</citerefentry>,

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>AUTHOR</title>

<para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>

</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry><!--