Re: Question about openct and its relation to opensc

Chris Green <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.encryption.opensc.devel
Message-ID <20160731105523.GA29878@esprimo>
On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 09:52:32AM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> >    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
> >    [3]https://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.fr/2014/03/level-1-smart-card-suppo
> >    rt-on-gnulinux.html to check your reader is working correctly.
> 
> Ah, OK, so I don't need openct. I'll need to work out how how to get
> the information into the wpa_supplicant configuration.  However I will
> start again with just pcscd and see if I can reliable reading of my
> SIM with that.
> 
I'm a little lost now (nothing new there!)

How do I work out if a SIM card reader is compatible with pcscd?  The
documentation all talks about 'Smart Card' readers and I'm not at all
clear how a SIM card reader fits in with this.  Are there CCID readers
that can read SIMs?

-- 
Chris Green

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