crypto11

Crypto11

This is an implementation of the standard Golang hardware crypto interface that uses PKCS#11 as a backend. The supported features are:

• Generation and retrieval of RSA, DSA and ECDSA keys.
• PKCS#1 v1.5 signing.
• PKCS#1 PSS signing.
• PKCS#1 v1.5 decryption
• PKCS#1 OAEP decryption
• ECDSA signing.
• DSA signing.
• Random number generation.

Signing is done through the crypto.Signer interface and decryption through crypto.Decrypter.

To verify signatures or encrypt messages, retrieve the public key and do it in software.

See the documentation for details of various limitations.

There are some rudimentary tests.

There is a demo web server in the demo directory, which publishes the contents of /usr/share/doc.

Installation

(If you don't have one already) create a standard Go workspace and set the GOPATH environment variable to point to the workspace root.

crypto11 manages it's dependencies via dep. To Install dep run:

go get -u github.com/golang/dep/cmd/dep

Clone, ensure deps, and build:

go get github.com/thalesignite/crypto11
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/thalesignite/crypto11
dep ensure
go build

Edit config to taste, and then run the test program:

go test

Testing Guidance

Testing with nShield

In all cases, it's worth enabling nShield PKCS#11 log output:

export CKNFAST_DEBUG=2

To protect keys with a 1/N operator cardset:

$ cat config
{
  "Path" : "/opt/nfast/toolkits/pkcs11/libcknfast.so",
  "TokenLabel": "rjk",
  "Pin" : "password"
}

You can also identify the token by serial number, which in this case means the first 16 hex digits of the operator cardset's token hash:

$ cat config
{
  "Path" : "/opt/nfast/toolkits/pkcs11/libcknfast.so",
  "TokenSerial": "1d42780caa22efd5",
  "Pin" : "password"
}

A card from the cardset must be in the slot when you run go test.

To protect keys with the module only, use the 'accelerator' token:

$ cat config
{
  "Path" : "/opt/nfast/toolkits/pkcs11/libcknfast.so",
  "TokenLabel": "accelerator",
  "Pin" : "password"
}

Testing with SoftHSM

While the aim of the exercise is to use an HSM, it can be convenient to test with a software-only provider.

To set up a slot:

$ cat softhsm.conf
0:softhsm0.db
$ export SOFTHSM_CONF=`pwd`/softhsm.conf
$ softhsm --init-token --slot 0 --label test
The SO PIN must have a length between 4 and 255 characters.
Enter SO PIN:
The user PIN must have a length between 4 and 255 characters.
Enter user PIN:
The token has been initialized.

Configure as follows:

$ cat config
{
  "Path" : "/usr/lib/softhsm/libsofthsm.so",
  "TokenLabel": "test",
  "Pin" : "password"
}

DSA, ECDSA, PSS and OAEP aren't supported, so expect test failures.

Testing with SoftHSM2

To set up a slot:

$ cat softhsm2.conf
directories.tokendir = /home/rjk/go/src/github.com/thalesignite/crypto11/tokens
objectstore.backend = file
log.level = INFO
$ mkdir tokens
$ export SOFTHSM2_CONF=`pwd`/softhsm2.conf
$ softhsm2-util --init-token --slot 0 --label test
=== SO PIN (4-255 characters) ===
Please enter SO PIN: ********
Please reenter SO PIN: ********
=== User PIN (4-255 characters) ===
Please enter user PIN: ********
Please reenter user PIN: ********
The token has been initialized.

The configuration looks like this:

$ cat config
{
  "Path" : "/usr/lib/softhsm/libsofthsm2.so",
  "TokenLabel": "test",
  "Pin" : "password"
}

(At time of writing) PSS and OAEP aren't supported so expect test failures.

Wishlist

• Full test instructions for additional PKCS#11 implementations.
• A pony.

Copyright

MIT License.

Copyright 2016, 2017 Thales e-Security, Inc

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