dev-libs/libp11

Higher-level interface to access PKCS#11 objects.

Versions

Slot Version Repository Platforms
0 0.4.16 pyro ~amd64 arm? armv7? armv8? x86?

Metadata

Homepage https://github.com/OpenSC/libp11
Summary Higher-level interface to access PKCS#11 objects
Description The PKCS#11 API is an abstract API to perform operations on cryptographic objects such as private keys, without requiring access to the objects themselves. That is, it provides a logical separation of the keys from the operations. The PKCS #11 API is mainly used to access objects in smart cards and Hardware or Software Security Modules (HSMs). That is because in these modules the cryptographic keys are isolated in hardware or software and are not made available to the applications using them. PKCS#11 API is an OASIS standard and it is supported by various hardware and software vendors. Usually, hardware vendors provide a PKCS#11 module to access their devices. A prominent example is the OpenSC PKCS #11 module which provides access to a variety of smart cards. Other libraries like NSS or GnuTLS already take advantage of PKCS #11 to access cryptographic objects.
Dependencies (
    build:
    virtual/pkg-config
    build+run:
    providers:libressl? (
        dev-libs/libressl:=
    )
    providers:openssl? (
        dev-libs/openssl:=[>=1.0.2]
    )
)
Downloads https://github.com/OpenSC/libp11/releases/download/libp11-0.4.16/libp11-0.4.16.tar.gz
Licences LGPL-2.1

Choices

providers

libressl Use LibreSSL as the SSL provider
openssl Use OpenSSL as the SSL provider