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sogun3
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5 months ago

Using Quartus with softHSM

Hi, I am trying to use quartus to create a signed AES key that is created with softHSM: This command runs fine: $quartus_encrypt --family=agilex7 --operation=MAKE_AES_KEY -a test_aes_key.txt --mod...
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Farabi_Altera
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5 months ago

Hello, 

 

quartus_encrypt fully supports HSM-backed keys, including SoftHSM. (QEK creation succeeds)

quartus_pfg is different code path and does not accept HSM-related options (you got Error (21999) : Found unsupported option string: module)

 

Can you try below:

 

create AES key without HSM wrapping: 

$ quartus_encrypt --family=agilex7 --operation=MAKE_AES_KEY -a test_aes_key.txt aes_key.qek ..

 

then use the key with: $ quartus_pfg --ccert ..

 

regards,

Farabi