pkcs11-helper -- PKCS#11 simplification. Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Alon Bar-Lev ABOUT PKCS#11 is published standard. PKCS#11 is the de-facto standard to access cryptographic devices. pkcs11-helper is a library that simplifies the interaction with PKCS#11 providers for end-user applications. FEATURES pkcs11-helper allows using multiple PKCS#11 providers at the same time, enumerating available token certificates, or selecting a certificate directly by serialized id, handling card removal and card insert events, handling card re-insert to a different slot, supporting session expiration and much more all using a simple API. pkcs11-helper is not designed to manage card content, since object attributes are usually vendor specific, and 99% of application need to access existing objects in order to perform signature and decryption. COMPATIBILITY - The pkcs11-helper library is available in POSIX and WIN32 compliant systems. - The pkcs11-helper library should work with almost any PKCS#11 provider, since it uses the minimum required features of the PKCS#11 standard. SUPPORT http://www.opensc-project.org AUTHORS Alon Bar-Lev