Use of OpenPGP smartcard on MS Windows

2006-07-14 Thread David Picon Alvarez
Hi,

Is it possible to use the OpenPGP smartcard on a GnuPG version compiled for
MS Windows such as the ones available at gnupg.org? What should I know about
smart card reders, drivers, et al, before trying to do this? Pointers
appreciated.

--David.

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Re: Use of OpenPGP smartcard on MS Windows

2006-07-14 Thread John Clizbe
David Picon Alvarez wrote:
 Hi,
 
 Is it possible to use the OpenPGP smartcard on a GnuPG version compiled for
 MS Windows such as the ones available at gnupg.org? What should I know about
 smart card readers, drivers, et al, before trying to do this? Pointers
 appreciated.

OpenPGP Smart card support has been in GnuPG on Windows for sometime now.
Prebuilt binaries from gnupg.org should work fine. Cygwin binaries for 1.4.2.1
or greater should also work.

The only thing you might need in the way of drivers is the reader manufacturer's
drivers to allow it to talk to the Smart Card service, scardsvr.exe.

I'm using an SCM SCR335 USB reader that came with the card. No problems.

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