I've personally always wondered why the PKCS #11 folks never
considered a central registry like in Windows where
cryptographic providers register themselves, particularly
for user-oriented providers (not HSMs).
I believe Microsoft introduced this 15 years ago...
Note: I don't mean that a "kitchen
Stef Walter wrote:
> Is there a spec around for specifying to applications which PKCS#11
> modules to load
That's application specific.
> and how to initialize them?
This is covered by PKCS#11. A PKCS#11 module is basically a shared
library that exposes the API described in the standard. Initia
Is there a spec around for specifying to applications which PKCS#11
modules to load and how to initialize them?
I'm thinking something along the lines of PAM conf files, where you can
specify which PAM modules different applications load.
We're working hard on PKCS#11 support in GNOME, and rather
