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p11-kit

brew install p11-kit v0.26.2 BSD-3-Clause

C library to load and enumerate PKCS#11 cryptographic modules and tokens.

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p11-kit is a shared library that abstracts PKCS#11 hardware tokens and smartcards, letting applications transparently access certificates and keys without hardcoding module paths. It's primarily a build/runtime dependency for OpenSSL, GnuTLS, and NSS, and acts as the standard middleware between high-level crypto code and low-level hardware drivers.

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