> > 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 I obviously don't have any knowledge of the internals of the FF PKCS#11 device code but as far as I can see FF makes absolutely no attempt to prompt for a PKCS#11 device password when you plug a smartcard in. It's only when you try to browse to an HTTPS site that the prompt pops up.
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