PSKC Library Manual: PSKC Library Manual

Simon Josefsson

<simon@josefsson.org>

Version 2.6.2 . The latest version of this documentation can be found on-line at http://www.nongnu.org/oath-toolkit/libpskc/.

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Abstract

The Portable Symmetric Key Container (PSKC) format is used to transport and provision symmetric keys to cryptographic devices or software. The PSKC Library allows you to parse, validate and generate PSKC data. This manual documents the interfaces of PSKC library and contains a tutorial to get you started working with the library.

I. Tutorial

Quickstart

Converting PSKC data to CSV format
Digitally sign PSKC data
Verify signed PSKC data
Create PSKC data

Command line pskctool

Parse and print summary of PSKC data
Validate PSKC against XML Schema
Digitally sign PSKC data
Verify digitally signed PSKC data

II. API Reference

pskc — Top-level include file.
version — Library version handling.
global — Global functions.
errors — Error handling.
enums — PSKC value enumerations and related functions.
container — High-level PSKC container handling.
keypackage — PSKC keypackage handling.
Index of all symbols
Index of new symbols in 2.2.0