Re: [opensc-devel] How to identify a smartcard reader serial number

2012-11-09 Thread Jean-Michel Pouré - GOOZE
Dear all, > lsusb -v shows the field 'iSerial'. I have some readers which use '0' > for this field, which means they don't include a serial number. A > value > bigger than 0 is the index to the USB string, which contains the > actual > serial number. Thank you Frank and others for your answers.

Re: [opensc-devel] How to identify a smartcard reader serial number

2012-11-09 Thread Frank Morgner
Hi! lsusb -v shows the field 'iSerial'. I have some readers which use '0' for this field, which means they don't include a serial number. A value bigger than 0 is the index to the USB string, which contains the actual serial number. You could try to use a hash of the full USB descriptor as identi

[opensc-devel] How to identify a smartcard reader serial number

2012-11-09 Thread Jean-Michel Pouré - GOOZE
Dear all, Simple question as usual. Readers with smartcards have a serial number, i.e.: opensc-tool --serial Using reader with a card: Feitian ePass2003 01 00 68 35 10 17 17 05 12 01 h5.. But do smartcard readers without smartcard have serial numbers? Running lsusb -v on hardware, I don't