pyhsm 1.1.1.post1
Python code for talking to a YubiHSM
License: BSD 2 clause

== PyHSM - Python YubiHSM Project

=== Introduction
PyHSM is a Python package to talk to a YubiHSM.  The YubiHSM is
Yubico's take on the Hardware Security Module (HSM), designed for
protecting secrets on authentication servers, including cryptographic
keys and passwords, at unmatched simplicity and low cost.

=== License
The project is licensed under the BSD license, see the file COPYING
for exact wording.

=== Description
PyHSM aims to be a reference implementation implementing all the
functions available in the YubiHSM. The base version number of pyhsm
will match the supported hardware version of the YubiHSM: PyHSM
releases 0.9.8, 0.9.8a, 0.9.8b are all intended to be used with
hardware version 0.9.8.

PyHSM also includes the regression test suite for the YubiHSM.

In general, see the files in `utils/`, `examples/`, `yhsm-val/` and
`yubikey-ksm/` to get an idea of how to use this code.

In addition to the YubiHSM communication library, PyHSM also contains
some applications utilizing the YubiHSM:

* yhsm-val: a simple validation server supporting validation of YubiKey
  OTPs, OATH codes and password hashes.

* yubikey-ksm: ykval YubiKey OTP decryption backend using the YubiHSM.

Some smaller scripts are in the `utils/` directory:

* yhsm-linux-add-entropy: Feed Linux kernel with random entropy from
  the TRNG on the YubiHSM.

* yhsm-keystore-unlock: Unlock the key storage in the YubiHSM with your HSM
  password. Use with incorrect password to lock it again.

* yhsm-daemon: Talk to the YubiHSM directly over TCP.

And some more in `examples/`:

* yhsm-sysinfo.py: Print basic system information about the connected YubiHSM.

* yhsm-monitor-exit.py: Get a YubiHSM *in debug mode* to enter
  configuration mode again, without having to press the little button
  while inserting it into the USB port.

* yhsm-password-auth.py: Example of how to turn passwords (or hashes
  of passwords if you like PBKDF2) into AEADs that can be used to
  verify the password later on.

=== Installation
PyHSM is known to work with Python 2.6 and 2.7, and is primarily
tested using Debian/Ubuntu, but is of course meant to work on as many
platforms as possible.

NOTE: If you want to use any of the daemons (yhsm-validation-server,
yhsm-yubikey-ksm) you will want to use Python 2.7 or later.
`SocketServer.py` lacks critical timeout handling in Python 2.6.

The http://pyserial.sourceforge.net[pyserial] package is needed.

  Debian: apt-get install python-serial

For database support http://www.sqlalchemy.org[SQLAlchemy] is needed.

  Debian: apt-get install python-sqlalchemy

To run the test suite, you need http://www.pycrypto.org[pycrypto].

  Debian: apt-get install python-crypto

Please note that the pycrypto version has to be 2.1 or higher -- it is
known that RHEL6 has a lower version.

PyHSM easily installed via pip:

  $ pip install python-pyhsm

or, on Debian based systems:

  $ sudo apt-get install python-pyhsm

=== Working with the source code repository
To work with the source code repository, if you wish to build your own release
or contribute pull requests, follow these steps to set up your environment. If
you just wish to install the application use the source release packages. This
project is developed on a Debian based system, other OSes may not be supported
for development.

==== Check out the code
Run these commands to check out the source code:

  git clone https://github.com/Yubico/python-pyhsm.git
  cd python-pyhsm
  git submodules init
  git submodules update