On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Ian Robertson wrote:

> Hello
> Have just purchased a scanlogic smart reader.  Have connected and is
> recognized as Cypress device.  doing a cat /proc/bus/usb/devices show the
> device and using KDE show this device on usb uhci root hub2.   How do I
> access.  Running Redhat 7.2  shows in mtab as usbdevfs device

You don't read smart cards as such. The idea being that the secret data
(private keys) stored on them are non-exportable, are generated on the
card and cryptographic operations are performed on the card. These
operations are usually carried out via an API such as provide by 'PC/SC'.
You can get this and a bunch of tools from:

http://www.linuxnet.com/

Or maybe you wanted to read a certificate or public key which are often
stored alongside the private key but exportable? In any case the MUSCLE
site (above) would be a good place to start.

Cheers,

Andrew

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