Hi, I am interested in the day when USB crypto tokens will be usable with any computer and not needing special drivers, similar to the success of USB Mass Storage. I wonder where we are at with that progress? Almost four years ago I asked about smartcard standards: http://www.opensc-project.org/pipermail/opensc-devel/2007-February/009506.html
If the standardization efforts today are still the same as discussed in the above thread, then I believe this means ideal devices are ones that support the ICCD and ISO 7816 standards. These standards are enough for read access. I'm curious how the landscape has changed between back then and now 2011. I've not paid attention to the scene in years and I am completely out of the loop. Questions: 1) Are there any completely standard devices out there? Meaning: ICCD, ISO 7816, with no device-specific hacks necessary in driver software. Maybe this is a dumb question but I think in 2007 there was not one. 2) Are standards-based devices more common than before or are they still hard to find and proprietary products dominate? 3) Do any vendors deserve special mention for creating quality standards-based tokens? (really only answerable if there are few such products..) 4) Is anyone aware of USB tokens being sold at normal computer stores, or are all purchases still through specialty shops and/or vendor direct? Thank you, Justin _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
