Hello,
SPE is Secure PIN entry. Depending on the exact version of your reader (there are several) the S in SPE can be bogus: http://martinpaljak.net/2011/03/19/insecure-hp-usb-smart-card-keyboard/ The reader will still function as a standard reader, but the "PIN entry through numpad" is disabled. Martin On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 5:02 PM, <j.witvl...@mindef.nl> wrote: > Hi all, > > Just accidentally I came across some lines in Lodovic's blog. > > For the latest version of licccid-1.4.6, he writes: > "Disable SPE for HP USB CCID Smartcard Keyboard. The reader is bogus and > unsafe." > > I am not sure what "SPE for HP..." means, > but I certainly hope I can still use it for our smartcards as we have a > couple of thousands of those keyboards. > > I hope that it is just an obscure extra feature. > > Hans > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet > de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt > u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De > Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die > verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van > berichten. > > This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are > not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are > requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no > liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the > electronic transmission of messages. > _______________________________________________ > opensc-devel mailing list > opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org > http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
