On Sun, 2002-06-02 at 21:08, IT3 Stuart Blake Tener, USNR-R wrote:
> I am just getting through some issues with my laptop this week,
> and am in the process of readying it so I can deploy the RH 7.3 upgrade
> on it. I am curious about some of the issues I may have with getting the
> smartcard to go with this environment. I am VERY new to this technology
> and have never tried to install the software here, mainly because
> (luckily I suppose) there seems to be so much to choose from!
>
> (a) I have the IBM Smartcard "Secureway" kit (PCMCIA)
> (b) I am upgrading to RH 7.3
> (c) I have never installed the MUSCLE software before
> (d) I have only the smartcard that came with the kit from IBM
> (e) I expect to soon have a DOD ID card soon which I want to use
> with this setup
>
> What software (in RPM format hopefully) should I deploy to get
> my card working under Linux? The website has much software on it and I
> am unclear as to what I ought to install.
assuming by 'card' you mean the reader.
1) the PCSC-lite middleware
2) the GPR400 pcmcia-cs kernel driver
3) the GPR400 IFD library
AFAIK, none of this software comes in RH 7.x RPM format at the current
time.
As I am the current maintainer of 2 & 3 above, I would be happy to work
with you to make the installation easier - if you would bear with me and
provide feedback. I am capable of makeing RPMs but my limiting factor
is time - especially for testing.
> How difficult will it be to implement this hardware and how can
> I take advantage of it under Linux?
The reader hardware works in most cases on my Linux laptop. I've found
incompatabilities with some smartcards (Cyberflex 16k for example) and I
am actively trying to resolve them in the driver. The issues have been
discussed previously on this list.
> I have several things I would like to use my new smartcard for.
> Please bear in mind, I have no idea what the capabilities of what I have
> are, but I do know what I'd like to accomplish (all or some of these
> ideas):
Your desired features would depend on:
- software to implement them on top of PCSC-lite with the specific
smartcards you intend to use
barring existing software, it would depend on documentation on the
specific smartcard AND developer resources to implement such software.
I too have the IBM kit. I know the included smartcard is a Gemplus but
I have no idea what model, or what changes IBM may have made to it (PINs
etc.) Without this info, the card is useless to me in my linux system.
I have made a request to my IBM contacts to look for helpful developer
info but I have had no response to date. My best guess so far is that
it's a GPK16000. Can anyone confirm or deny this?
-joe
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