Chris Hessing wrote, on 27/11/07 05:14:
I have done a little bit of work with SIM cards in Linux. You should
check out the PCSC project. It isn't the easiest thing to get running,
but it can read and write data to/from SIM cards. (Assuming you have a
reader it supports. I have a Towitoko Chipdrive, and a Cardman 6020
that it works with. I have also gotten in to work with the SIM card
slots on the Dell D620 notebook.) I have used these libraries to
implement EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA functionality in XSupplicant.
I found:
http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid.html
but the links to products that specifically mentioned SIM cards seemed
to be dead )-:.
There are also cheap USB SIM readers, and I got the impression that
they could write to the card as well. So I got one on ebay. The
software that came with it (only for Windows) could only read the
card. I wish there was a Linux alternative, especially one that can
also write the contacts to the SIM. (But since the Neo itself could
do that, I guess it's no longer necessary.)
There is a product called SIM Manager from www.smartsilicon.com.au that
is MS-Windows only, but having bought one at a run-out sale for AUD$2 it
does read and write the phone contacts list fine under Win98SE.
Struggling to get back on topic, a USB SIM card reader/writer that works
under GNU/Linux with free specifications and drivers would be a great
complement to the NEO 1973 and successors. Would FIC be in a position to
make available such a product?
Arthur.
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