On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 01:44:34PM -0700, Anthony Scarpino wrote:
> > Note that sc_pkcs11_get_mechanism_list is called with p11card=0x0.
> > Ticket #181 gets around this.
> > 
> > I have not tracked down the sshd and login problems yet.
> > I am assuming that is related to no mechanism list.
> 
> Just a wild stab here..  If metaslot is enabled, it will retrieve a list 
> of mechanisms from all the providers.  You may try disabling metaslot, 
> 'cryptoadm disable metaslot', to see if that helps..
> 
> > Note that sshd should not be using the console user's
> > smartcard for any crypto!
> 
> OpenSC and the smartcard are providers in PKCS#11.  If it is providing 
> crypto to the system, it is available to be used.  Granted no one would 
> ever want a smartcard to do the crypto ops, but there is nothing in 
> PKCS#11 to stop it..

Is there any way to provide a provider preference order so that
smartcards are never used for crypto other than in relation to
non-extractable keys?

Nico
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