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SmartCard utilities/libraries for PKCS#11/15 compatible cards
-This package provides a set of libraries and utilities to access smart
-cards. Its main focus is on cards that support cryptographic operations,
-and facilitate their use in security applications such as mail encryption,
-authentication, and digital signature. OpenSC implements the PKCS#11
-API so applications supporting this API such as Mozilla Firefox and
-Thunderbird can use it. OpenSC implements the PKCS#15 standard and aims
-to be compatible with every software that does so, too.
+This package provides a set of libraries and utilities to access
+smart cards. Its main focus is on cards that support cryptographic
+operations, and facilitate their use in security applications such
+as mail encryption, authentication, and digital signature. OpenSC
+implements the PKCS#11 API so applications supporting this API such
+as Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird can use it. OpenSC implements the
+PKCS#15 standard and aims to be compatible with every software that
+does so, too.
-You may need to edit /etc/opensc.conf in order to use a particular backend
-and smartcard.
+You may need to edit /etc/opensc.conf in order to use a particular
+backend and smartcard.
Beware! Smartcards have usually a limited number of times you may try a
wrong PIN/PUK combination before they become inoperable/permanently
blocked. You have been warned!
-Since version 0.12.0, only one reader subsystem can be used and compiled
-in at the same time. The PCSC-LITE subsystem is used by default and it is
-suitable for most smartcards. If you need the OPENCT subsystem instead,
-you have to pass "OPENCT=1" to the script when building and have the
-optional dependency openct installed.
+Since version 0.12.0, only one reader subsystem can be used and
+compiled in at the same time. The PCSC-LITE subsystem is used by
+default and it is suitable for most smartcards. If you need the
+OPENCT subsystem instead, you have to pass "OPENCT=1" to the script
+when building and have the optional dependency openct installed.