On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:18, [email protected] said: > I have an SCM SPR 532 reader with pinpad; I thought the host could not get at > the PIN when entered on the pinpad? The way I understood it, the host sends a
That is right. However, if for other reasons the PIN is known to the host (used without pinpad, spyware utilizing the microphone or another side channel, bugged reader firmware), the host will be able to use the smartcard without you noticing it. See the various attacks on point of sale terminals for such attacks. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
