2010-05-11 22:55:25 +02:00
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SmartCard utilities/libraries for PKCS#11/15 compatible cards
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This package provides a set of libraries and utilities to access smart
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cards. Its main focus is on cards that support cryptographic operations,
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and facilitate their use in security applications such as mail encryption,
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authentication, and digital signature. OpenSC implements the PKCS#11
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API so applications supporting this API such as Mozilla Firefox and
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Thunderbird can use it. OpenSC implements the PKCS#15 standard and aims
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to be compatible with every software that does so, too.
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You may need to edit /etc/opensc.conf in order to use a particular backend
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and smartcard.
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Beware! Smartcards have usually a limited number of times you may try a
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wrong PIN/PUK combination before they become inoperable/permanently
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blocked. You have been warned!
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2010-05-13 00:41:15 +02:00
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2011-04-05 17:56:44 +02:00
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This requires either pcsc-lite or openct (see below for details).
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Since version 0.12.0, only one reader subsystem can be used and compiled
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in at the same time. The PCSC-LITE subsystem is used by default and it is
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2011-07-12 11:23:26 +02:00
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suitable for most smartcards (it requires pcsc-lite). If you need the
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2011-04-05 17:56:44 +02:00
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OPENCT subsystem instead, you have to pass "OPENCT=1" to the script when
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building and have openct installed.
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