![]() | Cryptographic Token Interface Standard |
PKCS#11 |
Monotonic counter objects represent hardware counters that exist on the device. The counter is guaranteed to increase each time its value is read, but not necessarily by one.
Table 17, Monotonic Counter Attributes
Attribute | Data Type | Meaning |
CKA_RESET_ON_INIT1 | CK_BBOOL | The value of the counter will reset to a previously returned value if the token is initialized using C_InitializeToken. |
CKA_HAS_RESET1 | CK_BBOOL | The value of the counter has been reset at least once at some point in time. |
CKA_VALUE1 | Byte Array | The current version of the monotonic counter. The value is returned in big endian order. |
1Read Only
The CKA_VALUE attribute may not be set by the client.