OPENCRYPTOKI(7) 						   openCryptoki 						   OPENCRYPTOKI(7)

NAME

       openCryptoki - A PKCS#11 implementation.

DESCRIPTION

       openCryptoki  is  an  implementation  of  the  PKCS#11  API standard. It provides an interface to the functions of underlying cryptographic
       tokens, which may be implemented via software or hardware. The PKCS#11 specification has been released by RSA  Labs.  More  information	on
       PKCS#11 can be found on the RSA labs website: http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs.

       To  use openCryptoki, run the pkcsslotd daemon. The daemon will read the opencryptoki.conf file to collect information about the tokens and
       their slots.

       Use the pkcsconf utility to further configure openCryptoki once the daemon is running.

SECURITY NOTE

       All non-root users that require access to PKCS#11 tokens using openCryptoki must be assigned to the pkcs11 group to be able to  communicate
       with  the  pkcsslotd daemon. Only fully trusted users should be granted membership in the group. Group members can block other openCryptoki
       users from accessing PKCS#11 tokens, and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of other openCryptoki users.

SEE ALSO

       pkcsslotd(8),
       pkcsconf(1),
       opencryptoki.conf(5).

3.0								     May 2007							   OPENCRYPTOKI(7)