[gnutls-help] Signing an x509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) with a smart card

[Lars Noodén]

Hello,

I have a smart card which contains 1) an authentication and encryption 
certificate, plus a matching private key, and 2) a signature 
certificate, plus a matching private key.

The card (or at least its reader) is seen by the GnuTLS PKCS #11 tool, 
but that is as far as I get, in part due to a PIN and in part due to my 
ignorance on the topic:

$ p11tool --list-tokens
Token 0:
	URL: 
pkcs11:model=p11-kit-trust;manufacturer=PKCS%2311%20Kit;serial=1;token=System%20Trust
	Label: System Trust
	Type: Trust module
	Flags: uPIN uninitialized
	Manufacturer: PKCS#11 Kit
	Model: p11-kit-trust
	Serial: 1
	Module: p11-kit-trust.so

What I would like to do is use this card to sign a CSR (x509 
Certificate Signing Request) file using the card's private signing key.

I presume that is right up GnuTLS' alley.  I am grateful for any help, 
advice, or pointers in that direction.

/Lars

PS.  Context:

$ apt-cache policy gnutls-bin | head -n 2
gnutls-bin:
   Installed: 3.8.3-1.1ubuntu3.4

$ lsb_release -rd
No LSB modules are available.
Description:	Linux Mint 22.1
Release:	22.1

$ uname -srm
Linux 6.8.0-64-generic x86_64