Re: [opensc-devel] OpenSC PKCS#11 module lock

2006-10-19 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
Bunka, Petr wrote: Should you describe me, what is lock_login parameter really for? it is an ugly hack - lets ignore the locking, and hope two apps won't try to use the card at the same time. the problem is that firefox, mozilla, thunderbird all lock the card when they start up and then keep it

RE: [opensc-devel] OpenSC PKCS#11 module lock

2006-10-19 Thread Bunka, Petr
Andreas Jellinghaus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 8:22 AM To: Bunka, Petr Cc: opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org Subject: Re: [opensc-devel] OpenSC PKCS#11 module lock I'm not 100% sure, but the way smart cards work you can not access them by more than one applicatio

Re: [opensc-devel] OpenSC PKCS#11 module lock

2006-10-18 Thread Andreas Jellinghaus
I'm not 100% sure, but the way smart cards work you can not access them by more than one application at the same time. So what the library can do is between major operations alternate who can use it, but true double use can never be archived. It might be easiest to not even try. Think of: if you