opensc(7)

NAME
opensc - Smart Card library and applications with support for PKCS #15 compatible smart cards and similar security tokens

DESCRIPTION
The opensc project aims to provide a set of libraries and programs for manipulating smart cards. The opensc utilities and libraries can be used with ISO 7816-4 compatible cards providing basic, ISO filesystem manipulation. The primary goal of opensc, however, is to support cryptographic functionality made possible by PKCS #15 compatible cards.

Functionality includes PIN-protected, on-card private and public key storage, message signing/verification and key generation.

opensc libraries are built on top of PC/SC-lite middleware and can use any reader devices supported by it.

OTHER FEATURES
PAM library.
OpenSSH integration.
PKCS #11 integration.

SUPPORTED CARDS

As of this writing, opensc is known to support the following PKCS #15 compatible cards.
    Finnish FINEID (SetCOS)
    Swedish Posten eID (SetCOS)
    Schlumberger Cryptoflex 16k and 8k
    Gemplus GPK 4000, 8000 and 16000
    MioCOS 1.1
    TCOS 2.0

SEE ALSO
opensc-tool(1), opensc-explorer(1), opensc-config(1), pkcs15(7), pkcs15-init(1), pkcs15-tool(1), pkcs15-crypt(1), cryptoflex-tool(1), http://www.opensc.org

AUTHOR
This manpage was contributed by Joe Phillips <joe.phillips@innovationsw.com>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).