Re: [opensc-devel] PIN caching problems with pkcs11-helper 1.08

2011-08-16 Thread Jonatan Ã…kerlind
On fre, 2011-08-12 at 23:20 +0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > Jonatan, > Can you please try the attached patch and see if it helps? > Thanks! ... > > seems to work fine, will continue testing during the day. This is on > an > AMD64 architecture if it makes any difference. So far i have only > entered m

[opensc-devel] PCSC spy tool: should I include it in the pcsc-lite distribution?

2011-08-16 Thread Ludovic Rousseau
Hello, I am working on a new way to log/spy PCSC calls. The two previous methods [1, 2] are not satisfying because of their limitations. My question: should I include the spy layer in the standard pcsc-lite archive or as a distinct project? Pros of the merge: - PCSC spy layer available in packag

Re: [opensc-devel] PIN caching problems with pkcs11-helper 1.08

2011-08-16 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Thanks for your report and testing! 2011/8/16 Jonatan Ã…kerlind : > On fre, 2011-08-12 at 23:20 +0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: >> Jonatan, >> Can you please try the attached patch and see if it helps? >> Thanks! > ... >> >> seems to work fine, will continue testing during the day. This is on >> an >> A

Re: [opensc-devel] Rationale for Microsoft's "MiniDriver"

2011-08-16 Thread Douglas E. Engert
On 8/13/2011 11:20 PM, Anders Rundgren wrote: > Writing card drivers is quite difficult. That's why Microsoft introduced the > "MiniDriver". > > The driver model has been very successful for printers since printers have > widely different characteristics. Cryptographic operations OTOH leave ver

Re: [opensc-devel] Rationale for Microsoft's "MiniDriver"

2011-08-16 Thread Martin Paljak
On Aug 16, 2011, at 6:16 , Douglas E. Engert wrote: >> With a fully unified card API you can target all cards with a fairly simple >> test-suite and delegate the certification to the card vendors. This should >> dramatically improve system reliability which >> always has been a weak point, parti

Re: [opensc-devel] Rationale for Microsoft's "MiniDriver"

2011-08-16 Thread Douglas E. Engert
On 8/14/2011 10:40 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote: > On 2011-08-14 08:59, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: >> There had been always unified API: PKCS#11. >> Well, at Microsoft environment there was CryptoAPI Provider. >> The good about the CryptoAPI is that it allowed enough flexibility so >> that, for example, yo

[opensc-devel] pkcs11-helper-1.09 released

2011-08-16 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
Hello, pkcs11-helper-1.09 is available. Fixed issue introduced in 1.08 related to OpenSSL engine signature. ChangeLog 2011-08-16 - Version 1.09 * Do not retry if CKR_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL and none NULL target. * Fixup OpenSSL engine's rsa_priv_enc to use RSA size output buffer. __

Re: [opensc-devel] Rationale for Microsoft's "MiniDriver"

2011-08-16 Thread Anders Rundgren
On 2011-08-16 17:33, Douglas E. Engert wrote: > > > On 8/14/2011 10:40 AM, Anders Rundgren wrote: >> On 2011-08-14 08:59, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: >>> There had been always unified API: PKCS#11. >>> Well, at Microsoft environment there was CryptoAPI Provider. >>> The good about the CryptoAPI is that i