Building a Smart Card Based Linux System? 20
Alvaro asks: "My question is rather simple: i've recently acquired a Soyo K7V Dragon+, an excellent Ahtlon XP motherboard which includes by default a smart card reader. My intention is to get this smart card reader working on Linux, but i've no idea on how to start. Is it a serial interface? Does it have an embedded controller in the MB? Does it need kernel support? Which programs should I use to access (read from/write to) the smart cards? I've searched the web to find useful information, but so far, no luck. The final idea is to use the smart cards to hold the key to decrypt an EFS (Encrypted File System), and the computer won't boot if the card isn't inserted since the BIOS also supports booting on smart card insert! Can anyone help me?"
Good place to start (Score:4, Informative)
http://www.scia.org/knowledgebase/aboutSmartCar
Then try this for more detailed information:
http://www.scia.org/knowledgebase/aboutsmartcar
Re:Good place to start (Score:4, Informative)
Try this to start [scia.org]
Then try this for more detailed information [scia.org]
Silly question (Score:2)
Some links (Score:4, Informative)
MUSCLE - Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment [linuxnet.com] looks kind of helpful.
And to use a smartcard reader for your login here [strongsec.com].
Features I want everybody to implement NOW!!!!! (Score:2)
Would You also Like a Universal ID Card? (Score:1)
Stolen Smarts (Score:2)
If no, well, then I guess smartcards are evil after all. Forget what I said.
Smartcards are different from a universal ID. A smart card identifies you when you say it does and stops identifying you when you say it doesn't. You still have to prove you are who you say you are by old-fashioned means. You just don't have to do it over and over to the same people.
One more time in slow motion please! (Score:3, Insightful)
The SmartCard reader is ITE chip (Score:3, Informative)
I have tryed to do it but i am so busy that i only got the document to begin with it http://www.iteusa.com/pc/it8712f_SCR_v02.PDF.
Ho
Saludos y dime si te puedo ayudar en algo mas.
MUSCLE - Linux Smart Card Development (Score:4, Informative)
Re:MUSCLE - Linux Smart Card Development (Score:1)
RTFG (Score:1)
Read the fucken google
Stupid subject (Score:2)
Shouldn't that be "Smart Card drivers for Linux?" rather than "Building a Smart Card Based Linux System?"
I thought the story was about fitting Linux onto a smart card, or using a smart card to boot linux, or something interesting. The other posters are right [slashdot.org] -- Use Google! [slashdot.org]
The SuperChip ... (Score:3, Informative)
Here's [iteusa.com] are the specifications for that chip.
The Sigma-Box plugs into the motherboard using 2 cables, 1 for the SCR, and the other USB.
I've been trying to get it to work (PC/SC) under Win2K, but there are no drivers that appear to work. The demonstration app goes directly to the hardware to talk.