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21 <refentry id="man.pkcs11-keygen">
22   <refentryinfo>
23     <date>Sep 18, 2009</date>
24   </refentryinfo>
25
26   <refmeta>
27     <refentrytitle><application>pkcs11-keygen</application></refentrytitle>
28     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
29     <refmiscinfo>BIND9</refmiscinfo>
30   </refmeta>
31
32   <refnamediv>
33     <refname><application>pkcs11-keygen</application></refname>
34     <refpurpose>generate RSA keys on a PKCS#11 device</refpurpose>
35   </refnamediv>
36
37   <docinfo>
38     <copyright>
39       <year>2009</year>
40       <holder>Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")</holder>
41     </copyright>
42   </docinfo>
43
44   <refsynopsisdiv>
45     <cmdsynopsis>
46       <command>pkcs11-keygen</command>
47       <arg><option>-P</option></arg>
48       <arg><option>-m <replaceable class="parameter">module</replaceable></option></arg>
49       <arg><option>-s <replaceable class="parameter">slot</replaceable></option></arg>
50       <arg><option>-e</option></arg>
51       <arg choice="req">-b <replaceable class="parameter">keysize</replaceable></arg>
52       <arg choice="req">-l <replaceable class="parameter">label</replaceable></arg>
53       <arg><option>-i <replaceable class="parameter">id</replaceable></option></arg>
54       <arg><option>-p <replaceable class="parameter">PIN</replaceable></option></arg>
55     </cmdsynopsis>
56   </refsynopsisdiv>
57
58   <refsect1>
59     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
60     <para>
61       <command>pkcs11-keygen</command> causes a PKCS#11 device to generate
62       a new RSA key pair with the specified <option>label</option> and
63       with <option>keysize</option> bits of modulus.
64     </para>
65   </refsect1>
66
67   <refsect1>
68     <title>ARGUMENTS</title>
69     <variablelist>
70       <varlistentry>
71         <term>-P</term>
72         <listitem>
73           <para>
74             Set the new private key to be non-sensitive and extractable.
75             The allows the private key data to be read from the PKCS#11
76             device.  The default is for private keys to be sensitive and
77             non-extractable.
78           </para>
79         </listitem>
80       </varlistentry>
81
82       <varlistentry>
83         <term>-m <replaceable class="parameter">module</replaceable></term>
84         <listitem>
85           <para>
86             Specify the PKCS#11 provider module.  This must be the full
87             path to a shared library object implementing the PKCS#11 API
88             for the device.
89           </para>
90         </listitem>
91       </varlistentry>
92
93       <varlistentry>
94         <term>-s <replaceable class="parameter">slot</replaceable></term>
95         <listitem>
96           <para>
97             Open the session with the given PKCS#11 slot.  The default is
98             slot 0.
99           </para>
100         </listitem>
101       </varlistentry>
102
103       <varlistentry>
104         <term>-e</term>
105         <listitem>
106           <para>
107             Use a large exponent.
108           </para>
109         </listitem>
110       </varlistentry>
111
112       <varlistentry>
113         <term>-b <replaceable class="parameter">keysize</replaceable></term>
114         <listitem>
115           <para>
116             Create the key pair with <option>keysize</option> bits of
117             modulus.
118           </para>
119         </listitem>
120       </varlistentry>
121
122       <varlistentry>
123         <term>-l <replaceable class="parameter">label</replaceable></term>
124         <listitem>
125           <para>
126             Create key objects with the given label.
127             This name must be unique.
128           </para>
129         </listitem>
130       </varlistentry>
131
132       <varlistentry>
133         <term>-i <replaceable class="parameter">id</replaceable></term>
134         <listitem>
135           <para>
136             Create key objects with id. The id is either
137             an unsigned short 2 byte or an unsigned long 4 byte number.
138           </para>
139         </listitem>
140       </varlistentry>
141
142       <varlistentry>
143         <term>-p <replaceable class="parameter">PIN</replaceable></term>
144         <listitem>
145           <para>
146             Specify the PIN for the device.  If no PIN is provided on the
147             command line, <command>pkcs11-keygen</command> will prompt for it.
148           </para>
149         </listitem>
150       </varlistentry>
151     </variablelist>
152   </refsect1>
153
154   <refsect1>
155     <title>SEE ALSO</title>
156     <para>
157       <citerefentry>
158         <refentrytitle>pkcs11-list</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
159       </citerefentry>,
160       <citerefentry>
161         <refentrytitle>pkcs11-destroy</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
162       </citerefentry>,
163       <citerefentry>
164         <refentrytitle>dnssec-keyfromlabel</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
165       </citerefentry>,
166     </para>
167   </refsect1>
168
169   <refsect1>
170     <title>CAVEAT</title>
171     <para>Some PKCS#11 providers crash with big public exponent.</para>
172   </refsect1>
173
174   <refsect1>
175     <title>AUTHOR</title>
176     <para><corpauthor>Internet Systems Consortium</corpauthor>
177     </para>
178   </refsect1>
179
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