Tomasz K. Kaczmarek wrote: > On May 17, 2006, at 2:40 AM, Karsten Ohme wrote: > >> Tomasz K. Kaczmarek wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I'm still having troubles with running smart card services on my Mac. I >>> have OS X Panther. My reader is the Cardman 2020 (USB). >>> >>> When I was installing reader driver I was learned that all I need to >>> start working with smart cards is the driver, PCSC framework (based on >>> MUSCLE API) and pcscd demon running. I got it all. Reader is working >>> properly. This is what I got when run pcsctest from the command line: >> >> 1) Have you smart card with the MuscleCard applet installed? If no, it >> will never work. >> 2) Have you inserted the ATR of the card in the Info.plist file in the >> Service directory? (maybe you can use bundleTool). >> Read the intro: >> http://www.musclecard.com/musclecard/index.html >> Karsten > > > Hi, > > At the start I want to thank everyone, especially Karsten Ohme for > interesting with my problem. > > My case is not such simple. I got a smart card which contains data (two > keys and certificates protected by PINs), the card was formatted on PC. > My task is to write software that facilitate reading of such smart cards > also on Mac. In other words, if someone decide to use such smart card on > Mac there should be no troubles with using it (for digital signature > purposes). > > So I can't just format card as if were a new one. I have to find some > way (easiest and cheapest) to write a software that supports such PC > formatted smart cards on Mac and make such smart cards to be fully usable. > > Any suggestions how do do it in the simplest way possible ? I guess I > have to find or write proper token driver to communicate with the card > properly. Maybe there is other way ?
Write a PKCS#11 module. This works under all operating systems. You could write a MuscleCard plugin, but I think the MuscleCard API is to restricted and I don't know how stable the PKCS#11 implementation is at the moment. Karsten > > One again, thanks for the help. > Best regards, > Tom. > > _______________________________________________ > Muscle mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/muscle _______________________________________________ Muscle mailing list [email protected] http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/muscle
