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From: Dotan Cohen on 22 Apr 2010 18:50 > Is the big black block a PCMCIA connector, perhaps? > It is where the smart card gets plugged in. They seem like oversized SIM cards. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/y2w880dece01004221540w2f6e34acz6036c300388f93ff(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Brad Rogers on 23 Apr 2010 05:00 On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:40:28 +0300 Dotan Cohen <dotancohen(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hello Dotan, > It is where the smart card gets plugged in. They seem like oversized > SIM cards Like Kevin said, this thing will need software to drive it. It's not going to automount like a memory card. His answer is far better than anything I could write. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" You destroyed my confidence, you broke my nerve Nervous Wreck - Radio Stars
From: Dotan Cohen on 23 Apr 2010 08:10 Thanks, Kevin and Brad. I now have a good starting point, and should be able to google my way out of the situation. To clarify, for those who I've confused in the beginning of the thread: Despite claims by the user that he is connecting USB smart card readers via serial, he has two different types of smart card readers: 1) Serial smart card readers of unknown origin. These card readers may or may not be supported in Debian via third party software. 2) USB smart card readers that communicate via a "virtual com port". These card readers are supported in Linux with no mention of distro, once they have had a firmware update (done in Windows). -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/t2s880dece01004230504r9501895bi105176fb0ba52271(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Brad Rogers on 23 Apr 2010 09:00 On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:04:22 +0300 Dotan Cohen <dotancohen(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hello Dotan, > Thanks, Kevin and Brad. I now have a good starting point, and should YW. Just glad I could help, albeit in a limited way. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" Well well well, you just can't tell My Michelle - Guns 'N' Roses
From: Kevin Ross on 22 Apr 2010 20:00
> From: Dotan Cohen [mailto:dotancohen(a)gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:42 AM > > Here is the device: > http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9641/seriall.jpg > > It is a real serial device, no USB. I don't know a lot about smart cards, but as far as I know, you need software to communicate with them over a serial connection. There are Debian packages for some things, like PAM modules for authenticating a user with a smart card. It will communicate over the existing /dev/ttyS* device nodes. Those device nodes will exist for each serial port present on the computer, regardless of whether or not something is plugged into them. There's also the opensc package, from the opensc-project.org website. Here's the package description: OpenSC provides a set of libraries and utilities to access smart cards. It mainly focuses on cards that support cryptographic operations. It facilitates their use in security applications such as mail encryption, authentication, and digital signature. OpenSC implements the PKCS#11 API. Applications supporting this API, such as Iceweasel and Icedove, can use it. OpenSC implements the PKCS#15 standard and aims to be compatible with all software that does so as well. Before purchasing any cards, please read carefully documentation in /usr/share/doc/opensc/html/wiki/index.html - only some cards are supported. Not only does card type matters, but also card version, card OS version and preloaded applet. Only a subset of possible operations may be supported for your card. Card initialization may require third party proprietary software. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/021d01cae276$99730230$cc590690$@net |