Part 1. Common features of openCryptoki

Read an introduction to openCryptoki and learn about its features that are relevant for all exploiting applications.

Introducing PKCS #11 and openCryptoki
The Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) comprise a group of cryptographic standards that provide guidelines and application programming interfaces (APIs) for the usage of cryptographic methods. This document describes the use of openCryptoki, which is an open source implementation of a C/C++ API standard defined by PKCS #11, called Cryptoki.
Architecture and components of openCryptoki
As implementation of the PKCS #11 API (Cryptoki), openCryptoki allows interfacing with devices (such as a Crypto Express adapter) that hold cryptographic information and perform cryptographic functions. openCryptoki provides application portability by isolating the application from the details of the cryptographic device. Isolating the application also provides an added level of security because all cryptographic information stays within the device.

Parent topic: openCryptoki - An Open Source Implementation of PKCS #11