KEA key pair generation

The KEA key pair generation mechanism, denoted CKM_KEA_KEY_PAIR_GEN, generates key pairs for the Key Exchange Algorithm, as defined by NIST's "SKIPJACK and KEA Algorithm Specification Version 2.0", 29 May 1998.

It does not have a parameter.

The mechanism generates KEA public/private key pairs with a particular prime, subprime and base, as specified in the CKA_PRIME, CKA_SUBPRIME, and CKA_BASE attributes of the template for the public key. Note that this version of Cryptoki does not include a mechanism for generating these KEA parameters.

The mechanism contributes the CKA_CLASS, CKA_KEY_TYPE and CKA_VALUE attributes to the new public key and the CKA_CLASS, CKA_KEY_TYPE, CKA_PRIME, CKA_SUBPRIME, CKA_BASE, and CKA_VALUE attributes to the new private key. Other attributes supported by the KEA public and private key types (specifically, the flags indicating which functions the keys support) may also be specified in the templates for the keys, or else are assigned default initial values.

For this mechanism, the ulMinKeySize and ulMaxKeySize fields of the CK_MECHANISM_INFO structure specify the supported range of KEA prime sizes, in bits.

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