Anders Rundgren wrote:
> I wonder if we talking about the same subject.  I'm talking about establishing
> a secure channel between the card and the CA so that the CA actually knows
> that the key-pair was created in the card.
>   

Note: there is no absolutely secure method to establish a connection 
between a card on a remote machine and the CA . Period.
Any client software (CCID, PCSC, PKI, network layer) can be hacked and 
can be used to impersonate a secure connection. You can achieve 
"security-through-obscurity" at best, where it is simply not worth the 
hassle to disassemble the client software.
So if you want to ensure that a key is generated on the card *YOU* will 
have to generate that key.

cheers,

JJK



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