PKCS#11

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Cryptographic Token Interface Standard (Cryptoki) providing API for smart card cryptographic operations.

  
  
PKCS#11, also known as Cryptoki, defines a platform-independent API for performing cryptographic operations on hardware tokens such as smart cards and HSMs. Applications call a standard set of functions to find keys, sign, decrypt, and manage objects without knowing the device's internal details. Because it is vendor-neutral, it is the interface most enterprise software uses to integrate smart-card-based authentication and signing.

  
  

    
    PKCS#11
    
    
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    Published 1995
    
    
  






  
  

    
    




    
    

    
    

    
    

      
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Year Published1995

            
            
            
            
StatusActive

          
        

      

    


    
    

    
    

    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    

    
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