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SC Reader on Dell
From: pauldotcom at grymoire.com (Grymoire)
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:02:00 -0400
Anybody can shed some light on what I could use the SmardCard reader
in 2004 I was using the IBM JCOP plugin into Eclipse, with a JavaCard. I installed the MUSCLE software onto the card. (MUSCLE = Movement to Use Smart Cards in Linux Environment) I used the PAM plug-in on Linux. When I did a ssh to a remote machine, the remote server would send up a challenge to the local machine with the card, which then send the challenge to the card. The card encrypted the challenge with the private key storeed on the card, and passed it back to the server, which then authenticated the user automatically. This allowed logging in without passwords on the remote machine. The problem is This was 5 years ago The free JCOP software from IBM could only be enabled if you purchased a JCOP sample card for $60. The JCOP sample cards can no longer be purchased. The version of Eclipse is obsolete. The JCOP plugin is no longer available or supported IBM sold the technology of this open source platform to a smartcard vendor, which then proceeded to place it into a black hole. It was cool technology while it lasted, but smartcard vendors really do not like open software. I suppose you can use the Sun Javacard software. The http://musclecard.com site might have some notes on this. I really liked the Eclipse environment. Looking at the musclecard site does not seem promising. The mailing list archives are not available, links are broken, etc. But I have not followed this for 4 years. Perhaps there are new options.
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