CKM_ENCODE_ATTRIBUTES

Supported Operations

Encrypt and Decrypt	No
Sign and Verify	No
SignRecover and VerifyRecover	No
Digest	No
Generate Key/Key-Pair	No
Wrap and Unwrap	Yes
Derive	No
FIPS-approved	Yes

Key Size Range (bytes) and Parameters

Minimum	0
FIPS Minimum	0
Maximum	0
Parameter	None

Description

This wrapping mechanism takes the attributes of an object and encodes them.  The encoding is not encrypted therefore the wrapping key object handle parameter is ignored.

If the object is sensitive then only non-sensitive attributes of the object are encoded.  The encoding format is a simple proprietary encoding with the attribute type, length, a value presence indicator (Boolean) and the attribute value.  This simple encoding format is used wherever BER or DER is not required.

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