What is SO PIN and what is PIN?

Yes, they all look quite identical. There is a nice overview to see what the differences are.

If your usecase is PKI, then Nitrokey HSM is the right hardware.

If you still need to learn whether it is the right thing, you could use SoftHSM to learn whether a HSM is what you need. This software is intended for development and is not a replacement for a hardware token.

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