PKCS#11 specification has protected authentication path feature to allow the provider to take care the authentication. There is no way to tell the application how to request a PIN, only that a PIN is required.
I kind of not understanding your issue, can you please explain some more, why does the application you use does not prompt for passphrase. Aon. On 8/9/08, Ludovic Rousseau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Some smart cards require to enter the PIN before each signature for a > particular key (for for lawful digital signatures). > AFAIK the PKCS#11 API does not provide a mechanism so the token can > tell the application to display a GUI asking for the PIN. > > I plan to use pinentry [1] developed for the GnuPG project. The GUI is > available in GTK+2, QT, Win32 and curses. GPGPINEntry [2] for Cocoa > (Mac OS X) is also available. > > > Is somebody else confronted with the same problem? > Do you know other existing solutions? > > Thanks, > > [1] http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/index.en.html > [2] http://macgpg.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/macgpg/GPGPINEntry/trunk/ > > > -- > Dr. Ludovic Rousseau > _______________________________________________ > opensc-devel mailing list > opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org > http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel > _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
