Java Access Token PKCS11 Not found Provider

Question

Hello I'm trying to access the keystore from my smartcard in Java. And I'm using the following code..

I'm using the Pkcs11 implementation of OpenSc http://www.opensc-project.org/opensc

File windows.cnf =

name=dnie
library=C:\WINDOWS\system32\opensc-pkcs11.dll

Java Code =

String configName = "windows.cnf"
 String PIN = "####";
 Provider p = new sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11(configName);
 Security.addProvider(p);
 KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS11", "SunPKCS11-dnie");  =)(= 
 char[] pin = PIN.toCharArray();
 keyStore.load(null, pin);

When the execution goes by the line with =)(= throws me the following exception

java.security.KeyStoreException: PKCS11 not found

    at java.security.KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.java:635)
    at ObtenerDatos.LeerDatos(ObtenerDatos.java:52)
    at ObtenerDatos.obtenerNombre(ObtenerDatos.java:19)
    at main.main(main.java:27)
Caused by: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: no such algorithm: PKCS11 for provider SunPKCS11-dnie
        at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getService(GetInstance.java:70)
        at sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(GetInstance.java:190)
        at java.security.Security.getImpl(Security.java:662)
        at java.security.KeyStore.getInstance(KeyStore.java:632)

I think the problem is "SunPKCS11-dnie", but I don't know to put there. I had tried with a lot of combinations...

Anyone can help me...

Answer 1

This is meant as comment to BK Elizabeth's answer (cannot comment yet because of reputation).

Why does it work on enabling the debug system property, without slotId? This is a side effect (please see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/16776155/5658642).

Answer 2

Try the below code:

// Create instance of SunPKCS11 provider
String pkcs11Config = "name=eToken\nlibrary=C:\\Windows\\System32\\eps2003csp11.dll";
java.io.ByteArrayInputStream pkcs11ConfigStream = new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(pkcs11Config.getBytes());
sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11 providerPKCS11 = new sun.security.pkcs11.SunPKCS11(pkcs11ConfigStream);
java.security.Security.addProvider(providerPKCS11);

// Get provider KeyStore and login with PIN
String pin = "12345678";
java.security.KeyStore keyStore = java.security.KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS11", providerPKCS11);
keyStore.load(null, pin.toCharArray());

it is working fine for me.

Answer 3

I am not sure the problem is the name. It looks correct. ColinD's suggestion to pass the Provider instance should rule it out as a problem.

I am guessing that the problem is with the PKCS11 support. Like, you don't have a card in your reader, or the native code cannot access the reader. Have you tried using this driver in conjunction with some "known good" software, like Firefox or Thunderbird's security modules?

Answer 4

Why don't you just pass the Provider directly as the second argument to KeyStore.getInstance(String, Provider). In your code you'd just do:

KeyStore keyStore = KeyStore.getInstance("PKCS11", p);

Answer 5

I was also getting the error as below:

Caused by: java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException: no such algorithm: PKCS11 for provider SunPKCS11

I am running the application from a jar through bat file.

I bat file I replaced the code : java - jar sign.jar with code: java -Djava.security.debug=sunpkcs11,pkcs11 -jar SigningUtility.jar

And it solved the issue.