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#PKCS 11 V2.40 Approved Erratas published by PKCS 11 TC

OASIS is pleased to announce the approval and publication of three Approved Errata by the members of the PKCS 11 TC:

* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Base Specification Version 2.40 Errata 01
OASIS Approved Errata
13 May 2016

* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Current Mechanisms Specification Version 2.40 Errata 01
OASIS Approved Errata
13 May 2016

* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Historical Mechanisms Specification Version 2.40 Errata 01
OASIS Approved Errata
13 May 2016

These publications include versions of the complete OASIS Standards incorporating the Approved Errata.

Overview:

These documents contain corrections to errors and omissions in the PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Base Specification, Current Mechanisms and Historical Mechanisms OASIS Standards respectively. The PKCS Base Specification includes the normative computer language definition files.

About the TC:

The OASIS PKCS 11 Technical Committee develops enhancements to improve the PKCS #11 standard for ease of use in code libraries, open source applications, wrappers, and enterprise/COTS products: implementation guidelines, usage tutorials, test scenarios and test suites, interoperability testing, coordination of functional testing, development of conformance profiles, and providing reference implementations.

URIs:
The prose specifications and related files are available here:

* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Base Specification Version 2.40 Errata 01
OASIS Approved Errata
13 May 2016

Editable source (Authoritative):
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-base/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-base-v2.40-errata01-os.doc

HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-base/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-base-v2.40-errata01-os.html

PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-base/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-base-v2.40-errata01-os.pdf

* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Base Specification Version 2.40 Plus Errata 01
OASIS Standard Incorporating Approved Errata 01
13 May 2016

Editable source (Authoritative):
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-base/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-base-v2.40-errata01-os-complete.doc

HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-base/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-base-v2.40-errata01-os-complete.html

PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-base/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-base-v2.40-errata01-os-complete.pdf

Normative computer language definition files:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-base/v2.40/errata01/os/include/pkcs11-v2.40/

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* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Current Mechanisms Specification Version 2.40 Errata 01
OASIS Approved Errata
13 May 2016

Editable source (Authoritative):
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-curr/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-curr-v2.40-errata01-os.doc

HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-curr/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-curr-v2.40-errata01-os.html

PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-curr/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-curr-v2.40-errata01-os.pdf

* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Current Mechanisms Specification Version 2.40 Plus Errata 01
OASIS Standard Incorporating Approved Errata 01
13 May 2016

Editable source (Authoritative):
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-curr/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-curr-v2.40-errata01-os-complete.doc

HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-curr/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-curr-v2.40-errata01-os-complete.html

PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-curr/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-curr-v2.40-errata01-os-complete.pdf

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PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Historical Mechanisms Specification Version 2.40 Errata 01
OASIS Approved Errata
13 May 2016

Editable source (Authoritative):
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-hist/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-hist-v2.40-errata01-os.doc

HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-hist/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-hist-v2.40-errata01-os.html

PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-hist/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-hist-v2.40-errata01-os.pdf

* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Historical Mechanisms Specification Version 2.40 Plus Errata 01
OASIS Standard Incorporating Approved Errata 01
13 May 2016

Editable source (Authoritative):
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-hist/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-hist-v2.40-errata01-os-complete.doc

HTML:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-hist/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-hist-v2.40-errata01-os-complete.html

PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-hist/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-hist-v2.40-errata01-os-complete.pdf

Distribution ZIP files

For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the prose specification and related files in a ZIP distribution file. You can download the ZIP file here:

* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Base Specification Version 2.40 Errata 01:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-base/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-base-v2.40-errata01-os.zip

* PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Current Mechanisms Specification Version 2.40 Errata 01:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-curr/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-curr-v2.40-errata01-os.zip

PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface Historical Mechanisms Specification Version 2.40 Errata 01:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/pkcs11/pkcs11-hist/v2.40/errata01/os/pkcs11-hist-v2.40-errata01-os.zip

Members of the PKCS 11 TC [1] approved this specification by Full Majority Vote. The specification had been released for public review as required by the TC Process [2]. The vote to approve as a Committee Specification passed [3], and the document is now available online in the OASIS Library as referenced above.

Our congratulations to the TC on achieving this milestone and our thanks to the reviewers who provided feedback on the specification drafts to help improve the quality of the work.

========== Additional references:

[1] OASIS PKCS 11 TC
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/pkcs11/

[2] Public reviews:
– 15-day public review, 03 February 2016: https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/members/201602/msg00000.html
– Comment resolution log:
http://docs-staging.oasis-open.org/ztest/pkcs11/pkcs11-base/v2.40/errata01/csprd01/pkcs11-v2.40-errata01-comment-resolution-log.xls

[3] Approval ballot:
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ballot.php?id=2929