Added OAEP encryption and decryption examples.
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Asymmetric encryption and decryption
Pico HSM supports in place decryption with the following algorithms:
- RSA-PKCS
- RSA-X-509
- RSA-PKCS-OAEP
First, we generate the data:
$ echo "This is a test string. Be safe, be secure." > data
Obtain the public key and convert it to PEM format:
$ pkcs11-tool --read-object --pin 648219 --id 1 --type pubkey > 1.der
$ openssl rsa -inform DER -outform PEM -in 1.der -pubin > 1.pub
At this moment, you are able to verify with the public key in 1.pub
. The signature is computed inside the Pico HSM with the private key. It never leaves the device.
RSA-PKCS
This algorithm uses the PKCSv1.5 padding. It is considered deprecated and insecure. First, we encrypt the data with the public key:
$ openssl rsautl -encrypt -inkey 1.pub -in data -pubin -out data.crypt
Then, we decrypt with the private key inside the Pico HSM:
$ pkcs11-tool --id 1 --pin 648219 --decrypt --mechanism RSA-PKCS -i data.crypt
Using slot 0 with a present token (0x0)
Using decrypt algorithm RSA-PKCS
This is a test string. Be safe, be secure.
RSA-X-509
In this algorithm, the data must be padded with a length equal to the size of private key (128, 256, 512 bytes for RSA-1024, RSA-2048 and RSA-4096, respectively).
First, we pad the data. The original data file occupies 29 bytes. Thus, for a 2048 bits key, a padding of 227 bytes is needed:
$ cp data data_pad
$ dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=227 >> data_pad
we encrypt the data with the public key:
$ openssl rsautl -encrypt -inkey 1.pub -in data_pad -pubin -out data.crypt -raw
Then, we decrypt with the private key inside the Pico HSM:
$ cat data.crypt|pkcs11-tool --id 4 --pin 648219 --decrypt --mechanism RSA-X-509
Using slot 0 with a present token (0x0)
Using decrypt algorithm RSA-X-509
This is a test string. Be safe, be secure.
RSA-PKCS-OAEP
This algorithm is defined as PKCSv2.1 and it includes a padding mechanism to avoid garbage. Currently it only supports SHA256.
To encrypt the data:
$ openssl pkeyutl -encrypt -inkey 1.pub -pubin -pkeyopt rsa_padding_mode:oaep -pkeyopt rsa_oaep_md:sha256 -pkeyopt rsa_mgf1_md:sha256 -in data -out data.crypt
To decrypt with the private key inside the Pico HSM:
$ pkcs11-tool --id 1 --pin 648219 --decrypt --mechanism RSA-PKCS-OAEP -i data.crypt
Using slot 0 with a present token (0x0)
Using decrypt algorithm RSA-PKCS-OAEP
OAEP parameters: hashAlg=SHA256, mgf=MGF1-SHA256, source_type=0, source_ptr=0x0, source_len=0
This is a test string. Be safe, be secure.