Re: Question about openct and its relation to opensc

Ludovic Rousseau <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.encryption.opensc.devel
Message-ID <CAGstE8BCySYniKhQ3s-311aJBEhiHf+7pbR9g0wMH1+DYjtypw@mail.gmail.com>
Hello,

2016-07-23 17:21 GMT+02:00 Chris Green <[email protected]>:

> Sorry if these are not really development list questions but I can't
> really see anywhere else to ask.
>

Yes, that is the correct mailing list.

I am trying to implement EAP-SIM authentication as a WiFi client, as
> described here:-
>
> https://ohnomoregadgets.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/free-wifi-with-eap-sim-on-a-desktop-computer/
>
> This requires the openct package to be installed but openct seems to
> have disappeared from all current Debian derived distributions.
>
> Is there something newer in the OpenSC project that replaces openct or
> should I just bite the bullet and build openct from source?
>

You should not need openct now, unless you use a smart card reader that
does not work with the CCID driver.
Just install pcscd, that should also install libccid.

You can use
https://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.fr/2014/03/level-1-smart-card-support-on-gnulinux.html
to check your reader is working correctly.

Bye

-- 
 Dr. Ludovic Rousseau

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