From 907e95aa2033c6f62e86ab123e8806e05912e21a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gilles Peskine Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:51:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that what we're dropping is pkcs11-helper support The PKCS11 module does not directly interface with PKCS#11 (also known as Cryptoki), but with the pkcs11-helper library. --- ChangeLog | 5 +++-- include/mbedtls/config.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 12836ed3c..852bd5beb 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ mbed TLS ChangeLog (Sorted per branch, date) = mbed TLS X.X.X branch released XXXX-XX-XX New deprecations - * Deprecate MBEDTLS_PKCS11_C that enables the wrapper for PKCS#11 smartcard - support. + * Deprecate for MBEDTLS_PKCS11_C, the wrapper around the pkcs11-helper + library which allows TLS authentication to use keys stored in a + PKCS#11 token such as a smartcard. Bugfix * Allow loading symlinked certificates. Fixes #3005. Reported and fixed diff --git a/include/mbedtls/config.h b/include/mbedtls/config.h index 62f544647..0983d0fd6 100644 --- a/include/mbedtls/config.h +++ b/include/mbedtls/config.h @@ -2812,7 +2812,7 @@ /** * \def MBEDTLS_PKCS11_C * - * Enable wrapper for PKCS#11 smartcard support. + * Enable wrapper for PKCS#11 smartcard support via the pkcs11-helper library. * * \deprecated This option is deprecated and will be removed in a future * version of Mbed TLS.