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span class="application">pkcs11-keygen</
span> — generate RSA keys on a PKCS#11 device</
p>
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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>] {-b <
em class="replaceable"><
code>keysize</
code></
em>} {-l <
em class="replaceable"><
code>label</
code></
em>} [<
code class="option">-p <
em class="replaceable"><
code>PIN</
code></
em></
code>]</
p></
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h2>DESCRIPTION</
h2>
261N/A <
span><
strong class="command">pkcs11-keygen</
strong></
span> causes a PKCS#11 device to generate
320N/A a new RSA key pair with the specified <
code class="option">label</
code> and
312N/A with <
code class="option">keysize</
code> bits of modulus.
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h2>ARGUMENTS</
h2>
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dt><
span class="term">-P</
span></
dt>
207N/A Set the new private key to be non-sensitive and extractable.
207N/A The allows the private key data to be read from the PKCS#11
928N/A device. The default is for private keys to be sensitive and
207N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-m <
em class="replaceable"><
code>module</
code></
em></
span></
dt>
207N/A Specify the PKCS#11 provider module. This must be the full
207N/A path to a shared library object implementing the PKCS#11 API
678N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-s <
em class="replaceable"><
code>slot</
code></
em></
span></
dt>
207N/A Open the session with the given PKCS#11 slot. The default is
207N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-b <
em class="replaceable"><
code>keysize</
code></
em></
span></
dt>
207N/A Create the key pair with <
code class="option">keysize</
code> bits of
207N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-l <
em class="replaceable"><
code>label</
code></
em></
span></
dt>
207N/A Create key objects with the given label.
207N/A<
dt><
span class="term">-p <
em class="replaceable"><
code>PIN</
code></
em></
span></
dt>
207N/A Specify the PIN for the device. If no PIN is provided on the
207N/A command line, <
span><
strong class="command">pkcs11-keygen</
strong></
span> will prompt for it.
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h2>SEE ALSO</
h2>
253N/A <
span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-list</
span>(3)</
span>,
359N/A <
span class="citerefentry"><
span class="refentrytitle">pkcs11-destroy</
span>(3)</
span>
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h2>CAVEAT</
h2>
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p>The public exponent is hard-wired to 65537.</
p>
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p>The command should optionally set the object ID too.</
p>
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h2>AUTHOR</
h2>
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span class="corpauthor">Internet Systems Consortium</
span>