Getting Started#
Define SO-PIN and PIN of your own choices. See these instructions. Afterwards you can begin to generate new keys.
Your Nitrokey is now ready to use.
There is nitrotool as a more comfortable frontend to OpenSC. (hsmwiz)
Embedded Systems: For systems with minimal memory footprint a read/only PKCS#11 module is provided by the sc-hsm-embedded project.
This PKCS#11 module is useful for deployments where key generation at the user’s workplace is not required. The PKCS#11 module also supports major electronic signature cards available in the German market.
OpenSCDP: The SmartCard-HSM is fully integrated with OpenSCDP, the open smart card development platform. See the public support scripts for details.