1.5.18

1.5.18 - August 2025, Ludovic Rousseau

• add CKM_EXTRACT_KEY_FROM_KEY mechanism
• add CKM_EDDSA and CK_EDDSA_PARAMS support
• C_Initialize(): allow OS locking
• PyKCS11.load() & .unload(): make the methods tread-safe
• bugfix: store CKM_CONCATENATE_BASE_AND_KEY parameter in mechanism context
• IsNum(): CKA_HW_FEATURE_TYPE is also a numeric value
• improve support for multi-part encryption/decryption
• fix some Python typing issues
• Fix issue with vendor defined (CKM_VENDOR_DEFINED) mechanisms
• fix/ignore all pylint warnings
• use pytest for running tests
• minor improvements

What's Changed

• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 3 to 4 by @dependabot[bot] in #125
• add CKM_EXTRACT_KEY_FROM_KEY mechanism by @fuzzykat in #128
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #132
• improve support for multi-part encryption/decryption by @fuzzykat in #135
• use ckbytelist as return type by @andreastedile in #136
• use CK_OBJECT_HANDLE as parameter type by @andreastedile in #137
• use CK_OBJECT_HANDLE as return type by @andreastedile in #138
• [pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci[bot] in #139
• add CKM_EDDSA and CK_EDDSA_PARAMS support by @fuzzykat in #141

New Contributors

• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in #125
• @pre-commit-ci[bot] made their first contribution in #132
• @andreastedile made their first contribution in #136

Full Changelog: 1.5.17...1.5.18

1.5.17

1.5.17 - October 2024, Ludovic Rousseau

• Add AES in counter mode support (CKM_AES_CTR)
• Add simple derivation mechanisms support (CMK_CONCATENATE_*)
• Fix reference counting in PyKCS11Lib.load()
• remove python 2 support from ckbytelist
• minor improvements

Full Changelog: 1.5.16...1.5.17

1.5.16

1.5.16 - May 2024, Ludovic Rousseau

• add support of CKA_MODIFIABLE and CKA_DESTROYABLE attributes
• minor improvements

What's Changed

• Add Fedora PyKCS11 library location search path by @tim77 in #113
• add support for CKA_MODIFIABLE and CKA_DESTROYABLE attributes by @fuzzykat in #116

New Contributors

• @tim77 made their first contribution in #113

Full Changelog: 1.5.15...1.5.16

1.5.14

1.5.14 - February 2024, Ludovic Rousseau

• fix build using swig 4.2.0

Full Changelog: 1.5.13...1.5.14

https://blog.apdu.fr/posts/2024/02/new-version-of-pykcs11-1514/

1.5.13

1.5.13 - January 2024, Ludovic Rousseau

• fix issue between Python 3.12 garbage collector and C_Finalize()
• Modernize use of setup.py
• Check swig is installed
• remove unused files
• minor improvements

Full Changelog: 1.5.12...1.5.13

https://blog.apdu.fr/posts/2024/01/new-pykcs11-1513-available/

1.5.12

1.5.12 - April 2023, Ludovic Rousseau

• add setAttributeValue()
• minor improvements

Full Changelog: 1.5.11...1.5.12

Release 1.5.11

1.5.11 - Septembre 2022, Ludovic Rousseau

• add deriveKey() with CKM_ECDH1_DERIVE and CK_ECDH1_DERIVE_PARAMS
• support pSourceData in OAEP params
• remove use of (deprecated) distutils
• samples: port to Python 3
• fix code coverage generation

What's Changed

• Adds C_DeriveKey() support with CKM_ECDH1_DERIVE by @balsingh1991 in #95

New Contributors

• @balsingh1991 made their first contribution in #95

Full Changelog: 1.5.10...1.5.11

Release 1.5.10

1.5.10 - December 2020, Ludovic Rousseau

• Add CKH_* constants
• CKA_HW_FEATURE_TYPE attribute value is a number
• Makefile: use python3 by default
• minor improvements

Release 1.5.9

1.5.9 - July 2020, Ludovic Rousseau

• call C_GetSlotList() with a NULL parameter to correctly initialize
  some PKCS#11 lib conforming to PKCS#11 version 2.40.

Release 1.5.8

1.5.8 - May 2020, Ludovic Rousseau

• CKA_ALWAYS_AUTHENTICATE is boolean
• CKM_VENDOR_DEFINED_...
  • Fix name: use CKM_ instead of CKR_ prefix
  • Use an explicit hex prefix: CKM_VENDOR_DEFINED_0x45
• Add missing CKM_, CKA_, CKF_, CKD_, CKK_, CKN_, CKO_, CKR_
  from PKCS#11 v3.0
• fix test_asymetric.py for RSA_PSS_Mechanism