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eToken USB Pro as root private key container for CA
user name
2006-07-16 22:04:15
Hi,

i would like to increase security arround the small PKI i
have setup 
with openssl by using a token to host the root private key.

After several googling and search on the mailing list, i am
very 
interested in the eToken USB Pro 64K (RSA 2048 support).

Any bad or good experience with this token in similar cases?

One of my concerns is arround the backup of root private key
to face 
token/key lost or token failure. Any best practise ?
My understanding is that the key must be generated outside
in order to 
be backup and then put on the token. Any idea on how to
proceed to put 
the key on the token ? (my search were unsuccesful).

Thanks for your support.

Philippe.

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eToken USB Pro as root private key container for CA
user name
2006-07-17 06:58:46
Philippe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i would like to increase security arround the small PKI
i have setup
> with openssl by using a token to host the root private
key.
> 
> After several googling and search on the mailing list,
i am very
> interested in the eToken USB Pro 64K (RSA 2048
support).
> 
> Any bad or good experience with this token in similar
cases?
> 
> One of my concerns is arround the backup of root
private key to face
> token/key lost or token failure. Any best practise ?
> My understanding is that the key must be generated
outside in order to
> be backup and then put on the token. Any idea on how to
proceed to put
> the key on the token ? (my search were unsuccesful).

Hi,

yes you have to generate key pair outside. For example
good idea to backup key is to store it on some CD,flash
disk,etc. To import cert/key to the token you can use
pkcs15-init which is the tool from OpenSC sw package.

Here is command to import certificate and private key in
PKCS#12 format into the token:

pkcs15-init -S cert.p12 -f PKCS12 -a 01 -i 01 -l "My
private Key" --cert-label "My Certificate"

You can find more info about importing certificate into
the token on this web page:

http://www.open
sc-project.org/opensc/

or you can simply run pkcs15-init --help.

I'm using iKey3000 that's why I can't give you any
experience with eToken.

Cheers,

Michal P.
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