> > douglas suggested the piv driver, so have a look at that one. >
Yes, Our messages have crossed. coolkey or javacardsign are alternatives. but they implement only support > for their applet each, as far as I know. so if you look for a flexible > software that can work with different cards/applets, opensc is your best > choice I think. > Yes indeed, this seems to be the best option. to access a card via pkcs#11 api and use it that you need a lot of > infrastructure. for example applications expect x.509 certificates on > the card, not only an rsa key. applications want to know how many > certificates/rsa keys/data objects there are and get information about > each. you need a pin that protects private keys and private data, > and apps might want meta information about the pin too (how long is > it, only numbers or also characters etc.). > > if you use the infrastructure opensc provides you already have most > of that for free. you can start with a simple driver, that emulates > everything / not uses anything from the card. and then add some stuff > that is backed by the card, such as a pin, a certificate or an rsa key. > OK. Thanks again for your help ; I'll get back to you when I meet the next problem... ;-) Ben
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