I know this..... Of course....
But look at the first contribution...
> | > I have ssh2 working with PC/SC now. It generates keys and stores
> | > them on the cards and the agent reads them off the card also.
So the crypto operations are NOT performed by the OS smartcard....
On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Enzo Romeo wrote:
> The keys should never be read off the smart cards...this is a fundamental
> rule of security. You can't trust any agent or software outside the cards.
> So, the keys must be used by the card OS algorithms and the cards are used
> as secure keys storage.
>
> Enzo
>
> On venerdi 9 aprile 1999 10.22, Erwann ABALEA [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> wrote:
> | Why don't you use the crypto capabilities of the cards to perform the
> | crypto operations????
> |
> | For me, it's a very bad way to use smartcards than considering them only
> | good for storage....
> |
> | Erwann.
> |
> |
> | On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, David Corcoran wrote:
> |
> | > Hello,
> | >
> | > I have ssh2 working with PC/SC now. It generates keys and stores them
> on
> | > the cards and the agent reads them off the card also. I have tried 3
> | > cards as of now: The Multiflex, Cryptoflex, and Cyberflex Access 16k
> and
> | > all seem to work successfully. I'll try to release it, the new C -
> API,
> | > and the new version of PC/SC this weekend along with the Multiflex
> ICCSP
> | > and a few new utilities.
> | >
> | > Thanks
> | > Dave
> | >
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> | >
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