Hello Alon,

On Wed 30 May 2012 04:27:11 PM ICT, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I think you have some confusion of what is PKCS#11 Admin PIN.
> The PKCS#11 Admin PIN is only usable to initialize a token, and
> optionally unlock the user PIN.
> It has no special privileges over the content of the card.

But for OpenPGP card, the Admin PIN is required to write to the DO 
which holds certificate (the 7F21 DO). Maybe this is specific for 
OpenPGP card.

>
> So you are prompted by firefox for the user PIN, which is OK.
>
> Anyway, what you have done is correct as far as opensc, use the pkcs15
> tools in order to initialize the card and use the card within pkcs11
> environments.

Do you think use pkcs11 to change card content is unnecessary?

--
Regards,
Quân
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