On Dec 20, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Nikolay Elenkov wrote: > On 2010/12/20 15:23, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote: > >> 2.) a PKCS-CSP such as the ID-Ally CSP, CSP#11 or PKCSCP - all these >> packages implement a CSP, but they don't talk to the smart card >> directly. Instead they load a pkcs#11 plugin to do that, such as >> opensc-pkcs11.so > > Forgot all about those. Are any of those still supported? Last I checked was > maybe a couple of years ago and they were pretty much dead. AFAIK nothing has changed. I have not seen a signed and properly functioning PKCS#11-CSP bridge, available with source code. Maybe there are proprietary implementations, but I'm not aware of any.
Also, IMHO all such efforts (like the PKCS#11 Tokend for OS X) are more like "compatibility enablers" rather than real life solutions. I'm not the only one [1] who thinks so. [1] http://www.eggheadcafe.com/software/aspnet/30393523/writing-a--smart-card-minidriver-on-pkcs11.aspx -- @MartinPaljak.net +3725156495 _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
