This topic describes the callable services for creating and maintaining PKCS #11 tokens and objects. ICSF provides a number of callable services to assist you in managing PKCS #11 tokens and maintaining the token data set (TKDS). Services are also provided for generating, using, and managing key objects.
A TKDS is not required to use the PKCS #11 services. If ICSF is started without a TKDS, however, only the omnipresent token will be available. The omnipresent token supports session objects only. Session objects are objects that do not persist beyond the life of a PKCS #11 session.