"pkcs11-hmacmd5" is here to check for the presence of a known bug in the Thales nCipher PKCS#11 provider library. To test for the bug, use pkcs11-hmacmd5 to hash a test vector from RFC 2104, and determine whether the resulting digest is is correct. For instance: echo -n "Hi There" | \ ./pkcs11-hmacmd5 -p -k '0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b0b' ...must return "9294727a3638bb1c13f48ef8158bfc9d". If any other value is returned, then the provider library is buggy, and theflag PK11_MD5_HMAC_REPLACE must be defined in lib/isc/include/pk11/site.h However, if the correct value is returned, then it is safe to turn off PK11_MD5_HMAC_REPLACE. (It is on by default.)