Mark Hobbs wrote:
I've seen this problem recently with a commercial PKCS11 provider I use and logged the following bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326637 As far as I can see the problem is new with FF1.5, it did not exist in FF1.0.7.
I suspect that these prompts for PKCS #11 provider passwords are caused by the new smart card monitoring thread in Firefox and Thunderbird 1.5. The smart card monitoring thread monitors smart card insertion and removal events. It prompts you for the smart card's password when it detects that the smart card has been inserted. The intention is so that it can switch the application to a "secure" mode of operation upon card insertion, with extra security features enabled. It is possible that the smart card monitoring thread doesn't handle an already inserted card very well. Wan-Teh _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
