On May 14, 2010, at 11:36 , Jan Just Keijser wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> In this case it should be either fixed in reader-pcsc.c for this reader (if 
>> it is possible to auto-discover it, which may not work on Windows for 
>> example) or forced to a reader-suitable value in the CCID driver.
>> 
>> I guess 99% of people don't have longer than 6 or 8 digit PIN-s in real life 
>> (which also seems to be the way Gemalto things)
>>  
> one of the reasons we are using Aladdin eTokens is because it allows a PIN 
> (password, really) that is 12 characters or longer. Thus I'd be strongly 
> against limiting the PIN to anything shorter than what the card allows: we 
> cannot foresee the security restrictions that the user has when searching for 
> a particular card/token/

Sure. But you're talking about a different reader and a different card, which 
does not relate to the GemPC pinpad reader or the Entersafe driver at all.

This is a limitation of the specific reader so it should apply universally to 
the reader, not to the card driver or the rest of OpenSC.


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Martin Paljak
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