Kyle Hamilton wrote:
I'm not aware of any such profile. There is smart card profile
> but I doubt it has much to do with PKCS #11, it is rather about
> 7816.
You're right, PKCS#11.
http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/EH_MR_rev1.pdf
But what is "7861"?
He's refering to ISO7816, the set of smart card standards :
http://www.cardwerk.com/smartcards/smartcard_standard_ISO7816.aspx
But I didn't see even a reference to that in the document you refer,
thought USB smart card reader seem to be quite properly standardized, so
it certainly does exist.
The trouble is that each smart card uses specific commands, which makes
it impossible to go from ISO7816 to a universal pkcs#11 driver.
In Europe, we see the start of going out of that through the European
Citizen Card (ECC) standard "CEN TS 15480" and the IAS (Identification
Authentication Signature) service based on it that enable this time to
have a universal middleware, up to the pkcs#11 signature service layer.
Unfortunately, very few cards comply to this standard.
In case you are interested in some details about this IAS ECC thing,
here's a few pointers :
http://www.oberthurcs.com/press_page.aspx?id=211&otherid=112
http://www.gemalto.com/products/multiapp_id_ias_ecc
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