pkcs11_kernel(5) Standards, Environments, and Macros pkcs11_kernel(5)
NAME
pkcs11_kernel - PKCS#11 interface to Kernel Cryptographic Framework
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/security/pkcs11_kernel.so
/usr/lib/security/64/pkcs11_kernel.so
DESCRIPTION
The pkcs11_kernel.so object implements the RSA PKCS#11 v2.11 specification by using a private interface to communicate with the Kernel
Cryptographic Framework.
Each unique hardware provider is represented by a PKCS#11 slot. In a system with no hardware Kernel Cryptographic Framework providers, this
PKCS#11 library presents no slots.
The PKCS#11 mechanisms provided by this library is determined by the available hardware providers.
Application developers should link to libpkcs11.so rather than link directly to pkcs11_kernel.so. See libpkcs11(3LIB).
All of the Standard PKCS#11 functions listed on libpkcs11(3LIB) are implemented except for the following:
C_DecryptDigestUpdate
C_DecryptVerifyUpdate
C_DigestEncryptUpdate
C_GetOperationState
C_InitToken
C_InitPIN
C_SetOperationState
C_SignEncryptUpdate
C_WaitForSlotEvent
A call to these functions returns CKR_FUNCTION_NOT_SUPPORTED.
Buffers cannot be greater than 2 megabytes. For example, C_Encrypt() can be called with a 2 megabyte buffer of plaintext and a 2 megabyte
buffer for the ciphertext.
The maximum number of object handles that can be returned by a call to C_FindObjects() is 512.
The maximum amount of kernel memory that can be used for crypto operations is limited by the project.max-crypto-memory resource control.
Allocations in the kernel for buffers and session-related structures are charged against this resource control.
RETURN VALUES
The return values of each of the implemented functions are defined and listed in the RSA PKCS#11 v2.11 specification. See http://www.rsase-
curity.com/rsalabs/pkcs/pkcs-11.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for a description of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Standard: PKCS#11 v2.11 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|MT-Level |MT-Safe with exceptions. |
| |See section 6.5.2 of RSA |
| |PKCS#11 v2.11 |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
cryptoadm(1M), rctladm(1M), libpkcs11(3LIB), attributes(5), pkcs11_softtoken(5)
RSA PKCS#11 v2.11 http://www.rsasecurity.com
NOTES
Applications that have an open session to a PKCS#11 slot make the corresponding hardware provider driver not unloadable. An administrator
must close the applications that have an PKCS#11 session open to the hardware provider to make the driver unloadable.
SunOS 5.10 17 Nov 2004 pkcs11_kernel(5)
