Re: [PATCH 0/1] Load OpenSSL config if present in sign-file.c

[David Woodhouse]

On Fri, 2017-02-03 at 02:31 +0100, Antony Vennard wrote:
> sign-file documentation on kernel.org advertises the fact thatÂ
> sign-file can use OpenSSL loadable engine support using pkcs#11 uriÂ
> syntax (rfc 7512) for loading private keys from hardware tokens, ifÂ
> openssl loadable engine support is present.
> 
> Unfortunately, if openssl configuration files are not loaded there isÂ
> no way (to my knowledge) for openssl to load third party pkcs#11Â
> libraries as specified by openssl configuration.

ENGINE_pkcs11 should be configured to load p11-kit-proxy.so as its
default provider module.

Any third party PKCS#11 module you want to use should be configured in
p11-kit properly, and it'll then be available to well-behaved
applications. Including sign-file.

You should need any of the special OpenSSL config horridness.

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