What is 'name' in M2Crypto Engine class methods

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  •  19-09-2019
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Question

The following 3 Engine methods require 'name' as an argument.

load_private_key(self, name, pin=None)  
load_public_key(self, name, pin=None)   
load_certificate(self, name)

What exactly is 'name'? From examples I've found it appears to be some type of slot id for the USB token. How do I find the id?

Was it helpful?

Solution

I found some information on the following website: http://www.etokenonlinux.org/et/FAQ

pkcs11-tool --module /usr/lib/libeTPkcs11.so --slot 0 -O --login

In the ouput search for a private key object and its ID.

Private Key Object; RSA
  label:      eTCAPI private key
  ID:         39453945373335312d333545442d343031612d384637302d3238463636393036363042303a35
  Usage:      decrypt, sign, unwrap

When I use the ID from this command as the arg, I don't get errors.

OTHER TIPS

Those are probably referring to the private key file, public key file, and signed certificate respectively. There are examples for creating those at this site.

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