> PKCS#15 card producers resolve this problem by
> creating parallel CSP file system, invisible for PKCS#15,
> or by creating 'DATA' objects with the common 'application' attribute,
> for ex. "BaseCSP".
> 
> I guess that this second approach is more appropriate for the OpenSC
> minidriver.
> 
> The capability of the card to support 'write' minidriver mode will be
> declared in 'card_atr' section of opensc.conf.
> It presumes that card supports the pkcd15-init.
> For such card all pkcs15-init operations (executed by tools, pkcs#11
> or minidriver) will try to update the BaseCSP 'DATA' objects.
> 
> What do you think about? 

Dear Viktor,

IMHO this is a very interesting way to go.

When using OpenSC under Mac OS X or GNU/Linux, it also assumes that
OpenSC should write these invisible information to preserve
compatibility under all systems.

I presume this would make OpenSC a universal platform.

Kind regards,
-- 
                  Jean-Michel Pouré - Gooze - http://www.gooze.eu

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