CRYPTOADM(8) Maintenance Procedures CRYPTOADM(8)

NAME

cryptoadm - cryptographic framework administration

SYNOPSIS

cryptoadm list [-mpv] [provider=provider-name]
[mechanism=mechanism-list]


cryptoadm disable
provider=provider-name mechanism=mechanism-list | random | all


cryptoadm enable
provider=provider-name mechanism=mechanism-list | random | all


cryptoadm install provider=provider-name


cryptoadm install provider=provider-name
[mechanism=mechanism-list]


cryptoadm uninstall provider=provider-name


cryptoadm unload provider=provider-name


cryptoadm disable fips-140


cryptoadm enable fips-140


cryptoadm list fips-140


cryptoadm refresh


cryptoadm start


cryptoadm stop


cryptoadm --help

DESCRIPTION

The cryptoadm utility displays cryptographic provider information for a
system, configures the mechanism policy for each provider, and installs
or uninstalls a cryptographic provider. The cryptographic framework
supports three types of providers: a user-level provider (a PKCS11 shared
library), a kernel software provider (a loadable kernel software module),
and a kernel hardware provider (a cryptographic hardware device).


For kernel software providers, the cryptoadm utility provides the unload
subcommand. This subcommand instructs the kernel to unload a kernel
software providers.


For the cryptographic framework's metaslot, the cryptoadm utility
provides subcommands to enable and disable the metaslot's features, list
metaslot's configuration, specify alternate persistent object storage,
and configure the metaslot's mechanism policy.


The cryptoadm utility provides subcommands to enable and disable FIPS-140
mode in the Cryptographic Framework. It also provides a list subcommand
to display the current status of FIPS-140 mode.


Administrators will find it useful to use syslog facilities (see
syslogd(8) and logadm(8)) to maintain the cryptographic subsystem.
Logging can be especially useful under the following circumstances:

o If kernel-level daemon is dead, all applications fail. You can
learn this from syslog and use svcadm(8) to restart the
svc:/system/cryptosvc service.

o If there are bad providers plugged into the framework, you can
learn this from syslog and remove the bad providers from the
framework.


With the exception of the subcommands or options listed below, the
cryptoadm command needs to be run by a privileged user.

o subcommand list, any options

o subcommand --help

OPTIONS

The cryptoadm utility has the various combinations of subcommands and
options shown below.

cryptoadm list

Display the list of installed providers.


cryptoadm list metaslot

Display the system-wide configuration for metaslot.


cryptoadm list -m [ provider=provider-name | metaslot ]

Display a list of mechanisms that can be used with the installed
providers or metaslot. If a provider is specified, display the name
of the specified provider and the mechanism list that can be used
with that provider. If the metaslot keyword is specified, display the
list of mechanisms that can be used with metaslot.


cryptoadm list -p [ provider=provider-name | metaslot ]

Display the mechanism policy (that is, which mechanisms are available
and which are not) for the installed providers. Also display the
provider feature policy or metaslot. If a provider is specified,
display the name of the provider with the mechanism policy enforced
on it only. If the metaslot keyword is specified, display the
mechanism policy enforced on the metaslot.


cryptoadm list -v provider=provider-name | metaslot

Display details about the specified provider if a provider is
specified. If the metaslot keyword is specified, display details
about the metaslot.


-v

For the various list subcommands described above (except for list
-p), the -v (verbose) option provides details about providers,
mechanisms and slots.


cryptoadm disable provider=provider-name
[ mechanism=mechanism-list | provider-feature ... | all ]

Disable the mechanisms or provider features specified for the
provider. See OPERANDS for a description of mechanism, provider-
feature, and the all keyword.


cryptoadm [ mechanism=mechanism-list ] [ auto-key-migrate ]

Disable the metaslot feature in the cryptographic framework or
disable some of metaslot's features. If no operand is specified, this
command disables the metaslot feature in the cryptographic framework.
If a list of mechanisms is specified, disable mechanisms specified
for metaslot. If all mechanisms are disabled for metaslot, the
metaslot will be disabled. See OPERANDS for a description of
mechanism. If the auto-key-migrate keyword is specified, it disables
the migration of sensitive token objects to other slots even if it is
necessary for performing crypto operations. See OPERANDS for a
description of auto-key-migrate.


cryptoadm enable provider=provider-name
[ mechanism=mechanism-list | provider-feature ... | all ]

Enable the mechanisms or provider features specified for the
provider. See OPERANDS for a description of mechanism, provider-
feature, and the all keyword.


cryptoadm enable metaslot [ mechanism=mechanism-list ] |
[ [ token=token-label] [ slot=slot-description] |
default-keystore ] | [ auto-key-migrate ]

If no operand is specified, this command enables the metaslot feature
in the cryptographic framework. If a list of mechanisms is specified,
it enables only the list of specified mechanisms for metaslot. If
token-label is specified, the specified token will be used as the
persistent object store. If the slot-description is specified, the
specified slot will be used as the persistent object store. If both
the token-label and the slot-description are specified, the provider
with the matching token label and slot description is used as the
persistent object store. If the default-keystore keyword is
specified, metaslot will use the default persistent object store. If
the auto-key-migrate keyword is specified, sensitive token objects
will automatically migrate to other slots as needed to complete
certain crypto operations. See OPERANDS for a description of
mechanism, token, slot, default-keystore, and auto-key-migrate.


cryptoadm install provider=provider-name

Install a user-level provider into the system. The provider operand
must be an absolute pathname of the corresponding shared library. If
there are both 32-bit and 64-bit versions for a library, this command
should be run once only with the path name containing $ISA. Note that
$ISA is not a reference to an environment variable. Note also that
$ISA must be quoted (with single quotes [for example, '$ISA']) or the
$ must be escaped to keep it from being incorrectly expanded by the
shell. The user-level framework expands $ISA to an empty string or an
architecture-specific directory, for example, sparcv9.

The preferred way of installing a user-level provider is to build a
package for the provider. For more information, see the Solaris
Security for Developer's Guide.


cryptoadm install provider=provider-name
mechanism=mechanism-list

Install a kernel software provider into the system. The provider
should contain the base name only. The mechanism-list operand
specifies the complete list of mechanisms to be supported by this
provider.

The preferred way of installing a kernel software provider is to
build a package for providers. For more information, see the Solaris
Security for Developer's Guide.


cryptoadm uninstall provider=provider-name

Uninstall the specified provider and the associated mechanism policy
from the system. This subcommand applies only to a user-level
provider or a kernel software provider.


cryptoadm unload provider=provider-name

Unload the kernel software module specified by provider.


cryptoadm disable fips-140

Disable FIPS-140 mode in the Cryptographic Framework.


cryptoadm enable fips-140

Enable FIPS-140 mode in the Cryptographic Framework. This subcommand
does not disable the non-FIPS approved algorithms from the user-level
pkcs11_softtoken library and the kernel software providers. It is the
consumers of the framework that are responsible for using only FIPS-
approved algorithms.

Upon completion of this subcommand, a message is issued to inform the
administrator that any plugins added that are not within the boundary
might invalidate FIPS compliance and to check the Security Policies
for those plugins. In addition, a warning message is issued to
indicate that, in this release, the Cryptographic Framework has not
been FIPS 140-2 certified.

The system will require a reboot to perform Power-Up Self Tests that
include a cryptographic algorithm test and a software integrity test.


cryptoadm list fips-140

Display the current setting of FIPS-140 mode in the Cryptographic
Framework. The status of FIPS-140 mode is enabled or disabled. The
default FIPS-140 mode is disabled.


cryptoadm refresh
cryptoadm start
cryptoadm stop

Private interfaces for use by smf(7), these must not be used
directly.


cryptoadm -help

Display the command usage.

OPERANDS

provider=provider-name

A user-level provider (a PKCS11 shared library), a kernel software
provider (a loadable kernel software module), or a kernel hardware
provider (a cryptographic hardware device).

A valid value of the provider operand is one entry from the output of
a command of the form: cryptoadm list. A provider operand for a user-
level provider is an absolute pathname of the corresponding shared
library. A provider operand for a kernel software provider contains a
base name only. A provider operand for a kernel hardware provider is
in a "name/number" form.


mechanism=mechanism-list

A comma separated list of one or more PKCS #11 mechanisms. A process
for implementing a cryptographic operation as defined in PKCS #11
specification. You can substitute all for mechanism-list, to specify
all mechanisms on a provider. See the discussion of the all keyword,
below.


provider-feature

A cryptographic framework feature for the given provider. Currently
only random is accepted as a feature. For a user-level provider,
disabling the random feature makes the PKCS #11 routines
C_GenerateRandom and C_SeedRandom unavailable from the provider. For
a kernel provider, disabling the random feature prevents /dev/random
from gathering random numbers from the provider.


all

The keyword all can be used with with the disable and enable
subcommands to operate on all provider features.


token=token-label

The label of a token in one of the providers in the cryptographic
framework.

A valid value of the token operand is an item displayed under "Token
Label" from the output of the command cryptoadm list -v.


slot=slot-description

The description of a slot in one of the providers in the
cryptographic framework.

A valid value of the slot operand is an item displayed under
"Description" from the output of the command cryptoadm list -v.


default-keystore

The keyword default-keystore is valid only for metaslot. Specify this
keyword to set the persistent object store for metaslot back to using
the default store.


auto-key-migrate

The keyword auto-key-migrate is valid only for metaslot. Specify this
keyword to configure whether metaslot is allowed to move sensitive
token objects from the token object slot to other slots for
performing cryptographic operations.


The keyword all can be used in two ways with the disable and enable
subcommands:

o You can substitute all for mechanism=mechanism-list, as in:

# cryptoadm enable provider=dca/0 all


This command enables the mechanisms on the provider and any
other provider-features, such as random.

# cryptoadm enable provider=des mechanism=all


o You can also use all as an argument to mechanism, as in:

# cryptoadm enable provider=des mechanism=all


...which enables all mechanisms on the provider, but enables
no other provider-features, such as random.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Display List of Providers Installed in System

The following command displays a list of all installed providers:


example% cryptoadm list
user-level providers:
/usr/lib/security/$ISA/pkcs11_kernel.so
/usr/lib/security/$ISA/pkcs11_softtoken.so
/opt/lib/libcryptoki.so.1
/opt/SUNWconn/lib/$ISA/libpkcs11.so.1

kernel software providers:
des
aes
bfish
sha1
md5

kernel hardware providers:
dca/0

Example 2: Display Mechanism List for md5 Provider

The following command is a variation of the list subcommand:


example% cryptoadm list -m provider=md5
md5: CKM_MD5,CKM_MD5_HMAC,CKM_MD5_HMAC_GENERAL

Example 3: Disable Specific Mechanisms for Kernel Software Provider

The following command disables mechanisms CKM_DES3_ECB and CKM_DES3_CBC
for the kernel software provider des:


example# cryptoadm disable provider=des

Example 4: Display Mechanism Policy for a Provider

The following command displays the mechanism policy for the des provider:


example% cryptoadm list -p provider=des
des: All mechanisms are enabled, except CKM_DES3_ECB, CKM_DES3_CBC

Example 5: Enable Specific Mechanism for a Provider

The following command enables the CKM_DES3_ECB mechanism for the kernel
software provider des:


example# cryptoadm enable provider=des mechanism=CKM_DES3_ECB

Example 6: Install User-Level Provider

The following command installs a user-level provider:


example# cryptoadm install provider=/opt/lib/libcryptoki.so.1

Example 7: Install User-Level Provider That Contains 32- and 64-bit

Versions


The following command installs a user-level provider that contains both
32-bit and 64-bit versions:


example# cryptoadm install \
provider=/opt/SUNWconn/lib/'$ISA'/libpkcs11.so.1

Example 8: Uninstall a Provider

The following command uninstalls the md5 provider:


example# cryptoadm uninstall provider=md5

Example 9: Disable metaslot

The following command disables the metaslot feature in the cryptographic
framework.


example# cryptoadm disable metaslot

Example 10: Specify metaslot to Use Specified Token as Persistent Object

Store


The following command specifies that metaslot use the Venus token as the
persistent object store.


example# cryptoadm enable metaslot token="SUNW,venus"

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0

Successful completion.


>0

An error occurred.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | See below |
+--------------------+-----------------+


The start, stop, and refresh options are Private interfaces. All other
options are Evolving. The utility name is Stable.

SEE ALSO

libpkcs11(3LIB), random(4D), exec_attr(5), prof_attr(5), attributes(7),
smf(7), logadm(8), svcadm(8), syslogd(8)


Solaris Security for Developer's Guide

NOTES

If a hardware provider's policy was made explicitly (that is, some of its
mechanisms were disabled) and the hardware provider has been detached,
the policy of this hardware provider is still listed.


cryptoadm assumes that, minimally, a 32-bit shared object is delivered
for each user-level provider. If both a 32-bit and 64-bit shared object
are delivered, the two versions must provide the same functionality. The
same mechanism policy applies to both.


September 1, 2009 CRYPTOADM(8)