PIV-TOOL(1)							   OpenSC tools 						       PIV-TOOL(1)

NAME

       piv-tool - smart card utility for HSPD-12 PIV cards

SYNOPSIS

       piv-tool [OPTIONS]

       The piv-tool utility can be used from the command line to perform miscellaneous smart card operations on a HSPD-12 PIV smart card as
       defined in NIST 800-73-3. It is intened for use with test cards only. It can be used to load objects, and generate key pairs, as well as
       send arbitrary APDU commands to a card after having authenticated to the card using the card key provided by the card vendor.

OPTIONS

       --serial
	   Print the derived card serial number from the CHUID object if any. output is in hex byte format.

       --name, -n
	   Print the name of the inserted card (driver)

       --admin argument, -A arguement
	   Authenticate to the card using a 2DES or 3DES key. An arguement {A|M}:{ref}:{alg} is required, were A uses "EXTERNAL AUTHENTICATION"
	   and M uses "MUTUAL AUTHENTICATION". ref is normally 9B, and alg is 03 for 3DES. The key is provided by card vendor, and the environment
	   variable PIV_EXT_AUTH_KEY must point to a text file with the key in the format:
	   XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

       --genkeyargument, -G argument
	   Generate a key pair on the card and output the public key. An argument {ref}:{alg} is required, where ref is 9A, 9C, 9D or 9E and alg
	   is 06, 07, 11 or 14 for RSA 1024, RSA 2048, ECC 256 or ECC 384.

       --object ContainerID, -O ContainerID
	   Load an object on to the card. The ContainerID is defined in NIST 800-73-n without leading 0x. Example: CHUID object is 3000

       --cert ref, -s ref
	   Load a certificate on to the card. ref is 9A, 9C, 9D or 9E

       --compresscert ref, -Z ref
	   Load a certificate that has been gziped on to the card. ref is 9A, 9C, 9D or 9E

       --out file, -o file
	   Output file for any operation that produces output.

       --in file, -i file
	   Input file for any operation that requires an input file.

       --key-slots-discovery file
	   Print properties of the key slots. Needs 'admin' authentication.

       --send-apdu apdu, -s apdu
	   Sends an arbitrary APDU to the card in the format AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF... This option may be repeated.

       --reader, -r num
	   Use the given reader number. The default is 0, the first reader in the system.

       --card-driver driver, -c driver
	   Use the given card driver. The default is auto-detected.

       --wait, -w
	   Wait for a card to be inserted

       --verbose, -v
	   Causes piv-tool to be more verbose. Specify this flag several times to enable debug output in the opensc library.

SEE ALSO

       opensc-tool(1)

opensc								    06/03/2012							       PIV-TOOL(1)