Well, OK if you go that route, Doug Engert has built the whole opensc- project on Solaris, and says it works fine. That gets you the entire stack from the usb interface, through pcscd, to a pkcs11 library that can be integrated under the Solaris pkcs11 umbrella.
What I meant was that I would hope (and suspect) that Solaris provides enough stuff you don't have to do that much work. On Oct 8, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Iain MacDonnell wrote: > You can get a PC/SC interface that'll work with CCID-compliant > USB readera if you install the PC/SC-Lite 1.1 package that can be > downloaded (free) from www.sun.com/downloads - look under the A-Z > index for it. > > You'll need some "middleware" to make it useful, though - something > that sits between PC/SC and the screen lock, or whatever. I believe > there's an implementation of pam_pkcs11 under development, but you > still need a PKCS#11 implementation that talks to some sort of smart > card to do what you want (or roll your own). > > ~Iain > > Henry B. Hotz wrote: >> I would certainly hope that Solaris supported CCID profile USB card >> readers. You can get those for $20-30 from eBay. >> >> For instance, item number 260288413629 right now. (That's a valid >> model number, I have no other knowledge. It's just a for-instance.) >> For that specific model you may need to upgrade the firmware to get >> CCID compliance. The firmware updater is available from the >> manufacturers web site. >> >> On Oct 8, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Ben Rockwood wrote: >> >>> I have two questions regarding Solaris and Smartcards: >>> >>> 1) Various peices of smartcard support shows on the S10 5/08 release >>> docs as "might be removed from future releases." Whats the future >>> of Solaris smartcard support? >>> >>> 2) Is there a cheap ($50 or less) smartcard reader known to work >>> with Solaris/X86? >>> >>> Even though I work from home, thanks to the kids, I have to lock my >>> desktop constantly... I've wanted to get a smartcard reader to avoid >>> having to enter password (or pin, i guess in smart terminology) all >>> the time, but I don't want to waste money on a reader that doesn't >>> work. I love using smartcards with Sun Rays and want the same >>> experience on my local workstation. >>> >>> benr. ------------------------------------------------------ The opinions expressed in this message are mine, not those of Caltech, JPL, NASA, or the US Government. Henry.B.Hotz at jpl.nasa.gov, or hbhotz at oxy.edu
