Re: [SLUG] "Smart" Cards..

[Anand Kumria <wildfire@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 03:09:59AM +1000, Chuck Dale wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> (forgive the barrage of emails)
> 
> Has anyone experience using Smart Card Readers with Linux? 
> 

No, but it is something I am interested in.

> Of course there has already been a fair amount of development of
> software for using these readers in Linux. The prime example is "MUSCLE"
> - The Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment:
> http://www.linuxnet.com/
> 
> I have not had much success getting the software to recognise my readers
> (I have a GemPlus GCR410, IBM-410p, Compaq something). 

How do they connect? I would have suggested intercepting the protocol if
you had a working machine and trying to implement it in Linux.

> Has anyone played around or used smart cards in Linux? I like the idea
> of having a certificate on my smart card that interacts with a PAM
> module to allow secure logins without passwords..

Ick. Lose your wallet lose your security. No thanks. Smart cards in
addition to passwords or biometric stuff would be useful though.

Right now passwords are far simpler to do ...

Anand
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