Section 1 · User commands

softhsm2-keyconv.1

Package: softhsm

SOFTHSM2-KEYCONV

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO

NAME

softhsm2-keyconv − converting from BIND to PKCS#8 key file format

SYNOPSIS

softhsm2-keyconv −−in path −−out path [−−pin PIN]

DESCRIPTION

softhsm2-keyconv can convert BIND .private-key files to the PKCS#8 file format. This is so that you can import the PKCS#8 file into libsofthsm using the command softhsm2−util. If you have another file format, then openssl probably can help you to convert it into the PKCS#8 file format.

OPTIONS

−−help, −h Shows the help screen. **
−−in** path

The path to the input file.

−−out path

The path to the output file.

−−pin PIN

The PIN will be used to encrypt the PKCS#8 file. If not given then the PKCS#8 file will be unencrypted.

−−version, −v

Show the version info.

EXAMPLES

The following command can be used to convert a BIND .private-key file to a PKCS#8 file:

softhsm2-keyconv −−in Kexample.com.+007+05474.private \
−−out rsa.pem

AUTHORS

Written by Rickard Bellgrim, Francis Dupont, René Post, and Roland van Rijswijk.