Peter wrote: > Zeljko Vrba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Yes, these devices are expensive for individuals. > Although they're less expensive on ebay :-). Keep an eye on that long enough and you'll find almost > anything turning up, for example there's almost always some Spyrus Lynks cards on sale by someone. > Some of the stuff even has previous CA's keys still in the HW. >> PKCS#11 is not limited to smart-cards. > Yup, and that's an important point. If you want big-iron style crypto HW support, your choice is > either PKCS #11, CryptoAPI, or a per-hardware-device custom API. I know which one I'd want... I agree... So if we all understand the need of PKCS#11 in order to access cryptographic tokens, what I don't understand is how come people choose to develop low-level applications in order to work with specific devices? Best Regards, Alon Bar-Lev. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
