Using a Smart Card with a Mac

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Using a Smart Card with a Mac

I would really like to be able to use my Smart Card for authentication on my Mac, but when I connect my USB reader I cannot for the life of me figure out how to configure it to work. I have tried OpenSC with no luck. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance!

PowerBook 1.67 15", Mac OS X (10.4.6), 1 G RAM

Posted on May 25, 2006 3:00 PM

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Answer 1

May 30, 2006 1:05 AM in response to howlingthunder

Is the problem with getting OS X to recognize the reader or getting OpenSC to work? Try running pcsctest from the terminal, that should at least tell you if the system can talk to your reader or not.

As for OpenSC, which package are you trying to install?

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Answer 2

Jun 12, 2006 2:13 PM in response to Trevor Johns

I installed sca0.1.8, libusb 0.1.12, ifd-egate 0.05, and openssh-4.1pl. I use an Axalto Reflex reader with a Cyberflex 64k card. Everything installs fine, no errors. The reader shows up in System Profiler. Any reason why this doesn't find the reader when I run opensc-tool or pkcs11-tool?

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Answer 3

Jul 11, 2006 8:10 PM in response to howlingthunder

Just because it's showing up in System Profiler doesn't mean that it's going to work.

From the looks of it, ifd-egate is only for the Axalto E-Gate readers. You probably need a different driver for the Axalto Reflex reader. Since it's not listed on the list of supported readers, you might be out of luck.

If you want, you could try downloading a driver from the MUSCLE site, though I have no clue if it will work.

Other than that, I'd try contacting the folks over at OpenSC. There are a few mailing lists which might be of use.

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