diff --git a/doc/YubiKey_PIV_introduction.adoc b/doc/YubiKey_PIV_introduction.adoc index 861dce6..a8ee724 100644 --- a/doc/YubiKey_PIV_introduction.adoc +++ b/doc/YubiKey_PIV_introduction.adoc @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ -Introduction to the YubiKey PIV Application -=========================================== +Yubico PIV Tool +=============== The YubiKey supports the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card interface specified in NIST SP 800-73 document "Cryptographic -Algorithms and Key Sizes for PIV". This enables you to perform RSA or +Algorithms and Key Sizes for PIV". PIV enables you to perform RSA or ECC sign/decrypt operations using a private key stored on the -smartcard, through common interfaces like PKCS#11. +smartcard, through common interfaces like PKCS#11. This project +contain the library, tools and PKCS#11 module to interact with the +hardware functionality. * PIV Standards http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/piv/standards.html