Cryptographic Token Interface Standard

PKCS#11


Applications and their use of Cryptoki


Sections

Applications and processes
Applications and threads

Detailed Description

To Cryptoki, an application consists of a single address space and all the threads of control running in it. An application becomes a "Cryptoki application" by calling the Cryptoki function C_Initialize (see Section 11.4) from one of its threads; after this call is made, the application can call other Cryptoki functions. When the application is done using Cryptoki, it calls the Cryptoki function C_Finalize (see Section 11.4) and ceases to be a Cryptoki application.


RSA Security Inc. Public-Key Cryptography Standards - PKCS#11 - v210