Hi, John
I am working for Aladdin (eToken department). I must say you that neither me nor other guys here have NO IDEA what is the source of code placed on www.linuxnet.com. It looks like something very preliminary written by someone mostly as prove of concept. eToken Pro is normal smartcard (yes, compliant ISO7816-3/4). In MS-Windows world - that's right, you may do many fun things with eToken, but yes - you should buy software for this. As a minimum, you need RTE (which includes drivers, PKCS#11 DLL and CAPI-provider). Different applications (like W2K logon) are also available - for fee, of course. Regarding to Linux: we are working on first version right now. It should support OS4 token (also known as eToken Pro) and probably older R2. You work with it via SCard-commands (there is library with some helper C++ classes, but it is just helper - and may be changed in the future). No applications are included in 1st version. No other APIs (although porting of PKCS#11 is in plans). I don't know smartcard login application you speak about so I cannot say whether it is enough or not. Currently it is in QA. Unfortunately I cannot answer any other questions, such as: exact release date, whether it will be for free/for fee etc. - I am technical person, not sales. If you are really interesting in it you may enter our website and contact support. Regards Vladimir Beker P.S. If you have more questions, I may try to answer in next hour. Then I go to vacation and will be unavailable until end of next week. Aladdin. Securing the Global Village. P.O. Box 11141, Tel Aviv 61110 Israel Tel: +972 3 636-2222; Fax: +972 3 537-5796 Visit us at our Web site! http://www.eAladdin.com Aladdin supports Idealist. Visit http://www.idealist.org On 08/07/2002 09:22:54 AM EST John McCash wrote: > >Hi, > Last year I acquired a free Aladdin Etoken Pro for an eval. Yes it >was one of the real ones rather than the duds they give away at tradeshows >to show what they look like. I quickly determined that without some >proprietary infrastructure software that I wasn't prepared to purchase, all >I had was a cool keychain, so I relegated it to the drawer where I keep >cool, but useless stuff. Recently, I changed employers, and perceiving a >possible need, checked back with the musclecard project. My eyes lit up when >I noticed that someone had posted drivers for the Etoken Pro there. I began >to consider the (probably over ambitious) possibility that we could use >these for the following applications: Linux & Win2K login, Email signing & >encryption (Mozilla or Outlook), ssh or IPV6 authentication (to linux), and >SSL authentication to an Apache web server. > > I immediately downloaded the driver and PCSC Lite 1.1.1, and >installed them. The PCSC Lite test application seems to show that it's >functioning correctly, and even communicating properly with the Etoken. When >I run pcscd with debugging turned on, I do note some sort of problem >resetting the smartcard, but it's not clear whether this is significant or >not. The real issue that I have comes when I try to run one of the other >applications I've downloaded from the musclecard site. First I tried >xcardII. It compiles and installs properly, or appears to, but can't see a >supported smartcard. Pcscd debug output seems to confirm that it's sending >some sort of communication to the Etoken. > > I get the same sort of problem when I try to install and run the >smartcard login application from http://home.zhwin.ch/~sri/smartcard_login/. > > > Is there a layer of middleware that I'm still missing, that sits on >top of pcsc, and provides additional APIs? Is the functionality I'm trying >to use not supported by the Etoken driver on the musclecard site? I've been >assuming that an ISO-7816 smartcard, is a smartcard, is a smartcard. Is this >a bad assumption where the Etoken Pro is concerned? I note on their website >that they only warrant that it's compliant with parts 1-4 of the spec. Is >that my problem? Or have I just dome something abysmally stupid and not >noticed? > Thanks very much in advance for any help > John McCash >*************************************************************** >Unix Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. >(Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) >http://www.linuxnet.com/ >To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >unsubscribe sclinux >*************************************************************** ******************************* IMPORTANT ! ********************************** The content of this email and any attachments are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately. Do not disclose the content of this message or make copies. 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