Jeff Cai wrote:

>>> The PKCS#11 support was actually contributed to gnome-keyring by a Sun 
>>> engineer and it was done to make the Solaris 10 US Export approval 
>>> easier while also providing more functionality.
>>>   
>> PKCS#11 support is a feature we very much want to keep in the 
>> gnome-keyring for
>> the reasons Darren mentions above and also because it enables the 
>> keyring to take
>> advantage of HW keystores if available.
> 
> Could you tell me the difference between /usr/lib/libpkcs11.so and this
> library? Is there any documents for how to use this feature?

The difference between /usr/lib/libpkcs11.so and what ?  I don't see 
what you want it compared to.

gnome-keyring is a consumer of the PKCS#11 API.  libpkcs11.so a library 
that provides that API.

See the Solaris security developer guide on docs.sun.com for example 
code on how to use PKCS#11.

-- 
Darren J Moffat

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