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PKCS11 Find Driver Files
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Uses Chilkat's SCard class to find smartcards/tokens present on the system (Windows/Linux/Mac/etc.) to return information about the expected PKCS11 drivers (DLL, shared lib, dylib) and the confirmed existing PKCS11 drivers present on the system.Once the PKCS11 driver file is discovered, it can be used as a starting point with the PKCS11 class, which is shown in this example.
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Dim success As Boolean = False
' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' First discover the smart cards and tokens present on the system..
Dim scard As New Chilkat.SCard
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.EmitCompact = False
success = scard.FindSmartcards(json)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(scard.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
Debug.WriteLine(json.Emit())
' Sample output:
' Note: This example was tested on Windows, but it can also run on Linux and MacOSX.
' {
' "reader": [
' {
' "name": "Gemalto USB SmartCard Reader 0",
' "state": "present,inuse",
' "vendorName": "Gemalto",
' "serialNumber": "3339424644374543",
' "systemName": "Gemalto USB SmartCard Reader 0",
' "card": {
' "atr": "3B7F96000080318065B084565110120FFE829000",
' "windows": {
' "miniDriver": "AxaltoCM.dll",
' "cryptoProvider": "Microsoft Base Smart Card Crypto Provider",
' "keyStorageProvider": "Microsoft Smart Card Key Storage Provider"
' },
' "pkcs11_driver": {
' "possible": [
' "C:/Program Files/SafeNet/Authentication/SAC/x64/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll",
' "C:/Program Files(x86)/Gemalto/IDGo 800 PKCS#11/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll",
' "C:/Program Files/Gemalto/IDGo 800 PKCS#11/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll",
' "C:/WINDOWS/SysWOW64/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll",
' "C:/WINDOWS/SysWOW64/eTPKCS11.dll"
' ],
' "exists": [
' "C:/Program Files/SafeNet/Authentication/SAC/x64/IDPrimePKCS1164.dll",
' "C:/WINDOWS/SysWOW64/eTPKCS11.dll"
' ]
' }
' }
' }
' ]
' }
' We're interested in the PKCS11 drivers that were found.
' Find the 1st reader where the card is present. (The "state" contains the keyword "present")
Dim json2 As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.FindRecord2("reader","state","*present*",False,json2)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine("No readers exist with a smart card or token present.")
Exit Sub
End If
' Get the size of the "card.pkcs11_driver.exists" array.
' If it doesn't exist the size will be -1.
Dim numExists As Integer = json2.SizeOfArray("card.pkcs11_driver.exists")
If (numExists < 1) Then
Debug.WriteLine("No PKCS11 driver files found for the smart card.")
Exit Sub
End If
' Get the path of the 1st available PKCS11 driver.
Dim pkcs11DriverPath As String = json2.StringOf("card.pkcs11_driver.exists[0]")
Debug.WriteLine("PKCS11 driver path = " & pkcs11DriverPath)
' Now that we have a driver file, we can use it for PKCS11 access..
Dim pkcs11 As New Chilkat.Pkcs11
pkcs11.SharedLibPath = pkcs11DriverPath
success = pkcs11.Initialize()
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(pkcs11.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
' Get information about the smart card via PKCS11..
Dim jsonPkcs11 As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = pkcs11.Discover(True,jsonPkcs11)
If (success = False) Then
Debug.WriteLine(pkcs11.LastErrorText)
Exit Sub
End If
jsonPkcs11.EmitCompact = False
Debug.WriteLine(jsonPkcs11.Emit())
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
' Generate Parsing Code from JSON
' Sample output:
' {
' "cryptokiVersion": {
' "major": 2,
' "minor": 20
' },
' "manufacturerID": "Gemalto",
' "libraryDescription": "Gemalto PKCS11",
' "libraryVersion": {
' "major": 10,
' "minor": 8
' },
' "slot": [
' {
' "id": 0,
' "slotDescription": "Gemalto USB SmartCard Reader 0",
' "manufacturerID": "Gemalto",
' "tokenPresent": true,
' "removableDevice": true,
' "hardwareSlot": true,
' "hardwareVersion": {
' "major": 0,
' "minor": 0
' },
' "firmwareVersion": {
' "major": 0,
' "minor": 0
' },
' "token": {
' "label": "chilkat",
' "manufacturerID": "Gemalto",
' "model": "ID Prime MD",
' "serialNumber": "2DD70CC46070255E",
' "flags": [
' "CKF_RNG",
' "CKF_LOGIN_REQUIRED",
' "CKF_USER_PIN_INITIALIZED",
' "CKF_DUAL_CRYPTO_OPERATIONS",
' "CKF_TOKEN_INITIALIZED",
' "CKF_SO_PIN_COUNT_LOW",
' "CKF_SO_PIN_LOCKED"
' ],
' "maxSessionCount": 0,
' "sessionCount": 0,
' "maxRwSessionCount": 0,
' "rwSessionCount": 0,
' "maxPinLen": 16,
' "minPinLen": 4,
' "totalPublicMemory": 32768,
' "freePublicMemory": 32720,
' "totalPrivateMemory": 32768,
' "freePrivateMemory": 32720,
' "hardwareVersion": {
' "major": 0,
' "minor": 0
' },
' "firmwareVersion": {
' "major": 0,
' "minor": 0
' },
' "utcTime": "",
' "mechanism": [
' "CKM_DES3_MAC",
' "CKM_DES3_MAC_GENERAL",
' "CKM_AES_MAC",
' "CKM_AES_MAC_GENERAL",
' "CKM_DES3_CBC",
' "CKM_DES3_CBC_PAD",
' "CKM_AES_CBC",
' "CKM_AES_CBC_PAD",
' "CKM_AES_CTR",
' "CKM_AES_CCM",
' "CKM_RSA_PKCS_KEY_PAIR_GEN",
' "CKM_RSA_PKCS",
' "CKM_RSA_PKCS_OAEP",
' "CKM_RSA_PKCS_PSS",
' "CKM_SHA256_RSA_PKCS_PSS",
' "CKM_SHA384_RSA_PKCS_PSS",
' "CKM_SHA512_RSA_PKCS_PSS",
' "CKM_SHA256_RSA_PKCS",
' "CKM_SHA384_RSA_PKCS",
' "CKM_SHA512_RSA_PKCS",
' "CKM_EC_KEY_PAIR_GEN",
' "CKM_ECDSA",
' "CKM_ECDSA_SHA256",
' "CKM_ECDSA_SHA384",
' "80000045",
' "CKM_ECDSA_SHA512",
' "CKM_ECDH1_DERIVE",
' "CKM_DES3_KEY_GEN",
' "CKM_AES_KEY_GEN",
' "CKM_PBE_SHA1_DES3_EDE_CBC",
' "CKM_GENERIC_SECRET_KEY_GEN",
' "CKM_PBA_SHA1_WITH_SHA1_HMAC",
' "CKM_PKCS5_PBKD2",
' "CKM_SHA_1_HMAC_GENERAL",
' "CKM_SHA_1_HMAC",
' "CKM_SHA256_HMAC_GENERAL",
' "CKM_SHA256_HMAC",
' "CKM_SHA384_HMAC_GENERAL",
' "CKM_SHA384_HMAC",
' "CKM_SHA512_HMAC_GENERAL",
' "CKM_SHA512_HMAC",
' "CKM_SHA_1",
' "CKM_SHA256",
' "CKM_SHA384",
' "CKM_SHA512",
' "80006001"
' ],
' "rsa": {
' "minKeySize": 2048,
' "maxKeySize": 2048
' }
' }
' }
' ]
' }
'