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

<refentryinfo>

<date>Sep 18, 2009</date>

</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>

<refentrytitle><application>pkcs11-keygen</application></refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

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

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

</refnamediv>

<docinfo>

<copyright>

<year>2009</year>

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

</copyright>

</docinfo>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>pkcs11-keygen</command>

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

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

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

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

<arg choice="req">-l <replaceable class="parameter">label</replaceable></arg>

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

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

<para>

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

a new RSA key pair with the specified <option>label</option> and

with <option>keysize</option> bits of modulus.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>ARGUMENTS</title>

<variablelist>

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

<listitem>

<para>

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

modulus.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

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

<listitem>

<para>

Create key objects 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-keygen</command> will prompt for it.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>SEE ALSO</title>

<para>

<citerefentry>

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

</citerefentry>,

<citerefentry>

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

</citerefentry>

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>CAVEAT</title>

<para>The public exponent is hard-wired to 65537.</para>

<para>The command should optionally set the object ID too.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>AUTHOR</title>

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

</para>

</refsect1>

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