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| 3 | OpenSC Release 0.8.1 |
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| 4 | ==================== |
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| 5 | |
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| 6 | We are pleased to announce the availability of OpenSC 0.8.1. |
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| 7 | |
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| 8 | OpenSC provides a set of libraries and utilities to access smart |
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| 9 | cards. Its main focus is on cards that support cryptographic operations, |
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| 10 | and facilitate their use in security applications such as mail encryption, |
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| 11 | authentication, and digital signature. |
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| 13 | OpenSC can be used with the following applications and libraries: |
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| 15 | - Netscape Communicator and Mozilla (through its PKCS#11 module), |
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| 16 | for secure email (S/MIME) and SSL authentication |
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| 17 | - OpenSSH, for user authentication |
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| 18 | - FreeSWAN, for authentication and key management |
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| 19 | - OpenSSL, for key and certificate storage, key generation and |
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| 20 | signing of certificate requests |
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| 21 | - GNUpg 1.9 (experimental), for key storage |
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| 22 | - Smart card login, through a PAM module |
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| 23 | - Using the included utilities, to perform RSA decryption and |
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| 24 | digital signing |
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| 26 | OpenSC is capable of personalizing various types of smart cards, but |
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| 27 | also works with personalized cards such as the Finnish FINEID. |
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| 28 | |
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| 29 | OpenSC can currently be used on Linux, Windows and MacOS X. It supports |
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| 30 | PC/SC, CT-API and OpenCT to talk to card terminals. |
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| 34 | Supported Hardware |
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| 35 | ================== |
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| 37 | The following card operating systems are supported at the moment (where |
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| 38 | read-only means that personalized cards can be used, but OpenSC does not |
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| 39 | provide personalization support for these). |
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| 41 | - Gemplus GPK cards (except Gemsafe) |
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| 42 | - Schlumberger Cryptoflex |
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| 43 | - CardOS/M4 (Aladdin eToken PRO, etc) |
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| 44 | - Starcos SPK (read-only) |
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| 45 | - Micardo (read-only) |
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| 46 | - MioCOS (read-only) |
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| 47 | - Setcos (read-only) |
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| 48 | - TCOS (read-only) |
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| 50 | Note that Java cards are not supported at the moment. |
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| 54 | Download |
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| 55 | ======== |
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| 56 | Source code is available from http://www.opensc.org/ |
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| 58 | A binary package for Windows is available as well. |
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| 62 | Mailing List |
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| 63 | ============ |
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| 65 | There is a mailing list (opensc-devel) for users and developers of |
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| 66 | OpenSC. For subscription instructions, please visit http://www.opensc.org. |
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