Re: [opensc-devel] Developer Statement On Insecure Default Settings

2010-08-18 Thread Martin Paljak
Hello Andre, (and a Cc to the list as you requested) I know what you are trying to explain. Let me describe it from another POV: I have a card (the Estonian ID-card to be precise) with an authentication key and a non-repudiation key and with two PIN codes, PIN1 and PIN2. The authentication key

Re: [opensc-devel] Developer Statement On Insecure Default Settings

2010-08-15 Thread Martin Paljak
Hello, On Aug 3, 2010, at 11:05 PM, Andre Zepezauer wrote: > in the interests of the users of OpenSC, it would be fair to apply the > following patch. FYI: I gathered all opensc.conf entries [1] that can have security/intrusion related effects to the wiki page dealing with security considerations

Re: [opensc-devel] Developer Statement On Insecure Default Settings

2010-08-14 Thread Martin Paljak
Hello, It is insecure if you use an insecure card with an insecure profile which does not require PIN verification (user consent) before every operation. It does not matter if your card is "secure" and/or the application using the PKCS#11 module is built with security and usability in mind (not

[opensc-devel] Developer Statement On Insecure Default Settings

2010-08-09 Thread Andre Zepezauer
Dear OpenSC developers, in the interests of the users of OpenSC, it would be fair to apply the following patch. Kind Regards Andre Zepezauer Index: etc/opensc.conf.in === --- etc/opensc.conf.in (revision 4620) +++ etc/opensc.conf.