randombit/botan

cli: symmetric encryption provider support

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#2,402 opened on Sep 19, 2020

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Description

Please add provider support for the "botan encryption" command and implement the needed AES operations with PKCS#11. I could not find any command line tool that I can use for that. OpenSSL's PKCS#11 engine does not support AES either.

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Research direction
Investigate botan's plugin/provider architecture and implement AES operations via PKCS#11.
Tech stack
c
Domain
security
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
C++PKCS#11
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
30