Hi J-M,
Are you sure that this is correct?
Why would a vendor use HID when there is a generally supported
Mass Memory class?

HID is used by some USB stick vendors but for entirely different
purposes like generating OTPs.

Mass memory <> Human interface device.

Regards
Anders

Jean-Michel Pouré - GOOZE wrote:
> Dear Friends,
> 
> Per discussion with vendor, it seems that some token only support an HID
> protocol. From a technical point of view, it allows to use the token as
> an USB stick with 2GB to 8GB memory. This seems a nice idea, because it
> allows to format and encrypt the stick using the same device. When you
> remove the stick, there is no access to data, encrypted or decrypted.
> 
> Do you have any information on the work involved to add some HID
> protocol to OpenSC. Is HID protocol standard or would any solution be
> proprietary?
> 
> This is just for my personal knowledge also ...
> 
> Kind regards,

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