Mr. Phillips:
When I say "card", I meant the reader (which in my case is a
PCMCIA card).
1) the PCSC-lite middleware
2) the GPR400 pcmcia-cs kernel driver
3) the GPR400 IFD library
Of course, the easiest way to deploy software in a RedHat
environment is if such software is distributed in an RPM format. Given
the choice of an installation, using RPM format distribution
methodologies; I would of course be desirous of having that choice.
I am perfectly willing to spend some time testing this stuff,
but this is not possible for at least a few more days. I need to move
some data about on my laptop hard drives, and once I do that (this
week), then I am going to deploy the RH 7.3 upgrade. Once those two
items have been accomplished, then I will try to work with the MUSCLE
software. The backup ought to take me two or three hours (I do it hard
drive to hard drive using "dd"), and the RH 7.3 upgrade should be pretty
painless as I understand.
Out of curiosity, has any move been made to make the MUSCLE
drivers an integrated part of the kernel source?
Now you are bringing up something I did not realize! You mention
there is a model number for the "smartcard" vice the "reader"! I was
told that the reader is some sort of "GEMPLUS400" or something, and that
it can use any of the cards that there are drivers for. Now the
smartcard I intend to use with this reader for the most part (in the
future once I have one) is the DOD CAC card that I will get as I am a
Navy Reservist. However, for testing purposes to assure that the driver
and hardware are working I have no problem to make use of the smartcard,
which came with the reader.
So here is how I see it:
(a) Get all the drivers working and tested using the included
smartcard that came with the IBM kit
(b) Get my DOD ID card in the coming weeks
(c) Test the IBM Kit and drivers to see if the DOD CAC card now
works in the same environment
Does that sound good?
Very Respectfully,
Stuart Blake Tener, IT3 (E-4), USNR-R, N3GWG
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Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:17 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Phillips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:42 AM
To: Linux Smartcard
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: MUSCLE pcsc-lite-1.1.0
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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