patch to allow loading PKCS #11 URLs

Maxim Dounin mdounin at mdounin.ru
Fri Jun 19 14:07:07 UTC 2015


Hello!

On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 03:49:48PM +0200, Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos wrote:

> 
> Hello,
>  The attached patch allows loading PKCS #11 URLs in the
> ssl_certificate_key.
> 
> That is, one only needs to specify:
> ssl_certificate_key "pkcs11:model=SoftHSM%20v2serial=f0490bea35;pin
> -value=1234"
> 
> to access a key in a HSM. That's the only step required.
> That extends the previous approach which is generic, but tedious, and
> requires modifying openssl config files shared with other apps.
> See [0] for comparison.

Have you tried

ssl_certificate_key "engine:pkcs11:model=SoftHSM%20v2serial=f0490bea35;pin-value=1234";

instead?

I don't see how it's different from the code you propose.

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