Miroslav Nachev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> One of the main reason to keep my MS Windows XP is Internet Banking
> using MS Internet Explorer and Certificates stored in Smart Cards. How
> can use my smart cards in OpenSolaris?
> I have 2 USB SmartCard Readers which by default are not detected and
> started from OpenSolaris:
> 1. OMNIKEY CardMan 3021
> 2. GemPlus GemPC430
>
> The SmartCard model is "GemSAFE IS Smart Card (16K)".
>
> How can I start that SmartCard in OpenSolaris?
> If Solaris doesn't support that SmartCard and SmartCard Readers can I
> use Virtualization to start Windows from where to access the SmartCard?
>
There is a smart card framework in Solaris (SCF), although it is
probably of limited use. (I believe there are plans afoot to remove it,
actually, in favor of some other Linux-derived source. But I'm not sure.)
Getting the smart card readers hooked up so you could use them with your
browser (Mozilla derived such as Firefox) would require the following:
1) USB device drivers for your readers (libusb is probably sufficient)
2) SCF framework
3) plugin for SCF into the Solaris EF (encryption framework) and KMF
(key management framework).
4) support in the browser for PKCS#11 (I think Firefox already has it)
I don't know what pieces are missing, because, quite frankly, I've never
had cause to try this.
-- Garrett
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