[TOOL] OpenSC Smart Card Library

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  OpenSC Smart Card Library
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SUMMARY



DETAILS

libopensc is a library for accessing smart card devices. It is also the 
core library of the OpenSC project. libopensc also supports usb crypto 
tokens (they usually have a smart card inside).

Basic functionality (e.g. SELECT FILE, READ BINARY) should work on any ISO 
7816-4 compatible smart card. Encryption and decryption using private keys 
on the smart card is possible with PKCS #15 compatible cards, such as the 
FINEID (Finnish Electronic IDentity) card.

The base platforms are Linux and Mac OS X; some parts have been ported to 
Windows.

Supported cards:
 * Finnish FINEID (SetCOS)
 * Swedish Posten eID (SetCOS)
 * Cryptoflex 16k and 8k
 * GPK 4K, 8K, 16K
 * USB tokens based on CardOS/M4, such as Aladdin eToken PRO, etc.
 * MioCOS 1.1
 * TCOS 2.0
 * Starcos SPK 2.3 (e.g. Rainbow iKey 3000)
 * Micardo 2.1
 * Oberthur AuthentIC
 * OpenPGP 1.0
 * JCOP 31bio
 * Estonian ID card, EstEID (Micardo 2.1)

Builtin PKCS#15 initialization is supported for the following cards:
 * CryptoFlex 8K, 16K
 * GPK 4K, 8K, 16K
 * CardOS M4.00, M4.01a
 * Starcos SPK 2.3
 * JCOP 31bio
 * MioCOS 1.1

Builtin PKCS#15 emulation is supported for the following non-PKCS#15 
cards:
 * OpenPGP 1.0
 * EstEID
 * StarCert V2.2
 * Italian Infocamere card (type 1202 and 1203)
 * TeleSec NetKey
 * Italian Postecert card

Note: the current PKCS#15 emulation support offers only a read-only access 
the card.

The Belgian ID card is not yet supported by OpenSC. However you can 
download a modified version of OpenSC with full source code under LGPL 
license. Thanks to Belgium for donating code to OpenSC. We will try to 
merge this code, but it might take a while.
General features

Some functionality included in the OpenSC package.

 * PAM module
   This module allows you to log in to your local machine using private 
RSA keys present on your smart card.

 * OpenSSH support
   A smart sard is one of the safest places to keep your private keys, 
assuming that the access restrictions on the keys have been set-up 
correctly.

 * opensc-tool
   This small program will do all sorts of card and framework independent 
things, such as raw APDU sending and file listing.

 * opensc-explorer
   Generic interactive utility for accessing smart card and similar 
security token functions

 * pkcs15-tool
   A tool for checkout out of the contents of the PKCS #15 structure.

 * pkcs15-crypt
   A tool for testing the cryptographic functions of your PKCS #15 card. 
Only RSA decryption and digital signing are supported as of now.

 * pkcs15-init
   Smart card personalization utility.

 * A working PKCS #11 module for using PKCS #15 cards is also provided.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by The OpenSC Project.
To keep updated with the tool visit the project's homepage at:  
<http://www.opensc.org/> http://www.opensc.org/



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