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b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont<p><span class="application">pkcs11-keygen</span> — generate RSA keys on a PKCS#11 device</p>
247806c82065fc5dcc3d25cfdb0de2725553f237Francis Dupont<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>
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont <span><strong class="command">pkcs11-keygen</strong></span> causes a PKCS#11 device to generate
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont a new RSA key pair with the specified <code class="option">label</code> and
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont with <code class="option">keysize</code> bits of modulus.
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont Set the new private key to be non-sensitive and extractable.
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont The allows the private key data to be read from the PKCS#11
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont device. The default is for private keys to be sensitive and
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont non-extractable.
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont<dt><span class="term">-m <em class="replaceable"><code>module</code></em></span></dt>
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont Specify the PKCS#11 provider module. This must be the full
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont path to a shared library object implementing the PKCS#11 API
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont for the device.
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont<dt><span class="term">-s <em class="replaceable"><code>slot</code></em></span></dt>
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont Open the session with the given PKCS#11 slot. The default is
247806c82065fc5dcc3d25cfdb0de2725553f237Francis Dupont Use a large exponent.
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont<dt><span class="term">-b <em class="replaceable"><code>keysize</code></em></span></dt>
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont Create the key pair with <code class="option">keysize</code> bits of
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont<dt><span class="term">-l <em class="replaceable"><code>label</code></em></span></dt>
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont Create key objects with the given label.
247806c82065fc5dcc3d25cfdb0de2725553f237Francis Dupont This name must be unique.
247806c82065fc5dcc3d25cfdb0de2725553f237Francis Dupont<dt><span class="term">-i <em class="replaceable"><code>id</code></em></span></dt>
247806c82065fc5dcc3d25cfdb0de2725553f237Francis Dupont Create key objects with id. The id is either
247806c82065fc5dcc3d25cfdb0de2725553f237Francis Dupont an unsigned short 2 byte or an unsigned long 4 byte number.
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont<dt><span class="term">-p <em class="replaceable"><code>PIN</code></em></span></dt>
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont Specify the PIN for the device. If no PIN is provided on the
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont command line, <span><strong class="command">pkcs11-keygen</strong></span> will prompt for it.
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-list</span>(3)</span>,
247806c82065fc5dcc3d25cfdb0de2725553f237Francis Dupont <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-destroy</span>(3)</span>,
247806c82065fc5dcc3d25cfdb0de2725553f237Francis Dupont <span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">dnssec-keyfromlabel</span>(3)</span>,
247806c82065fc5dcc3d25cfdb0de2725553f237Francis Dupont<p>Some PKCS#11 providers crash with big public exponent.</p>
b091b4bb803b830d2d5a9e71b6648b669655d7dcFrancis Dupont<p><span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</span>