Re: One bad PIN entry locks card

This seems like a malfunction, by no design should a software component
re-try a PIN entry, especially if it fails at some stage. A debug log would
be helpful.

On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 at 20:25 Ernie Kovak <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello -
>
> We're using NSS (JSS4 and NSS 3.20) with an OpenSC 0.16.0 module to
> interact with a DoD CAC. CACs will lock after 3 consecutive bad PIN
> entries, of course, and we're finding that if the user enters a bad PIN
> even once, that hard limit is exceeded and the card is locked.
>
> I've substituted an ActivClient module and found that it does not lock the
> card, so it seems like OpenSC is retrying with a bad PIN??
>
> If that's true, is there a configuration item that I can set to suppress
> retries in this case?
>
> Thanks!
> Ernie
>
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