Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 7.6

Chapter 4. Security

p11-kit-0.20.6

Introduction to p11-kit

The p11-kit package Provides a way to load and enumerate PKCS #11 (a Cryptographic Token Interface Standard) modules.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.6 platform.

Package Information

p11-kit Dependencies

Recommended

Certificate Authority Certificates, libtasn1-4.1, and libffi-3.1

Optional

NSS-3.17, GTK-Doc-1.20 and libxslt-1.1.28

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/p11-kit

Installation of p11-kit

Install p11-kit by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check. The test-token test is known to fail.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--with-hash-impl=freebl: Use this switch if you want to use Freebl library from NSS for SHA1 and MD5 hashing.

--enable-doc: Use this switch if you have installed GTK-Doc-1.20 and libxslt-1.1.28 and wish to rebuild the documentation and generate manual pages.

Contents

Installed Program: p11-kit and trust
Installed Libraries: libp11-kit.so, p11-kit-proxy.so and /usr/lib/pkcs11/p11-kit-trust.so
Installed Directories: /etc/pkcs11, /usr/include/p11-kit-1, /usr/lib/{p11-kit,pkcs11}, /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/p11-kit, and /usr/share/p11-kit

Short Descriptions

p11-kit

is a command line tool that can be used to perform operations on PKCS#11 modules configured on the system.

libp11-kit.so

contains functions used to coordinate initialization and finalization of any PKCS#11 module.

p11-kit-proxy.so

is the PKCS#11 proxy module.

Last updated on 2014-09-16 10:29:57 -0700