PKCS#11 Tutorial for Beginners | Video-3 : Getting Started with PKCS11 API

#PKCS11 #hsm #HardwareSecurityModule

In this third PKCS#11 tutorial video, we will delve deeper into the PKCS#11 API. I will provide explanations of various data types, structures, and functions defined in PKCS#11. The upcoming videos will feature demonstrations of PKCS#11 using C and C++ code. The content of this video contains fundamental concepts that are essential for understanding the topics covered in those upcoming videos.

PKCS#11 Manual:-

Video Timelines -

0:00 - Intro.
0:32 - Datatypes defined in PKCS11.
4:02 - Pointers defined in PKCS11.
5:59 - Flow of PKCS11 functions.
6:20 - C_GetFunctionList.
8:03 - C_Initialize.
9:22 - C_GetSlotList.
11:16 - C_OpenSession.
12:49 - C_Login.
14:33 - C_Logout.
15:36 - C_CloseSession.
16:18 - C_CloseAllSession.
17:14 - C_Finalize.
17:52 - End.

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[Avik_Raftel]

Thank you for the comprehensive information contained in these videos on PKCS#11. They are very well articulated and easy to follow. I hope more are in store. Cheers!

[M.ussein]

Thank you for these helpful pkcs11 tutorials 👍

[bobbrico]

Hello,
Thank you for this great set of videos.
I have a question : is it possible to generate a pkcs12 container from priv+pub signed certificate contained for exemple in softhsm2 via PKCS11 requests ?

[islamadel]

thank you for that effort u r the best one i see that explain PKCS11 i wait more and more from u, waiting the coming video❤❤💘