Hi Michael,

> On 20. Nov 2024, at 15:52, Michael Catanzaro <mcatanz...@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 20 2024 at 11:09:05 AM +01:00:00, Clemens Lang 
> <cll...@redhat.com> wrote:
>> The idea here was to auto-enable pkcs11-provider when it is installed, which 
>> still makes sense to me. The issue here I think is that many people ended up 
>> with pkcs11-provider installed because of a recommendation. We should remove 
>> that recommendation, most users don´t need pcks11-provider installed.
> 
> Are you sure? Surely users should not have to install pkcs11-provider or 
> anything special to make PKCS #11 work in applications that use OpenSSL.

That was the case with openssl-pkcs11 (the package that contains the OpenSSL 
PKCS#11 ENGINE) for years.
The use of PKCS#11 tokens is not very common. I don’t think it’s too much to 
ask to install an additional package if you want to use it.

-- 
Clemens Lang
RHEL Crypto Team
Red Hat

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