Re: [SLUG] "Smart" Cards..

[Chuck Dale <bug@nospam.aphid.net>]

Wrote Anand Kumria on Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 03:28:04PM +1000:
> >
> > 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.

Serial connection (plus PS/2 for power). Unfortunately they aren't even
working properly on the Windows boxen that they were bought for (flakey
software) so not much to test with. 

I know so little about them that I don't even know exactly what I am
trying to implement. I believe they have some sort of IC on them with
some logic to protect the keys stored inside - that's why they cost
maybe $40 each.

> > 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 ...

Mm there's a combined smart card reader/fingerprint scanner which looks
rather neat. 

Chuck
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