[Macpartners] FW: [Announcement] Project Launch - SmartCardServices @ MacOSForge.org

Patrick M McNeal mcneal at MIT.EDU
Thu Jan 29 14:44:28 EST 2009


Anyone that's working with smart card might find this interesting:

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SmartCardServices @ MacOSForge.org
Web: http://smartcardservices.macosforge.org/
Lists: http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/

Project Launch!
<http://smartcardservices.macosforge.org/post/project-launch/>
2009-01-22
Welcome

Welcome to the SmartCardServices project for Mac OS X. This MacOSForge
project is intended as a central clearing house for activity and development
related to the seamless integration of smart cards, readers, relevant
third-party software, and Mac OS X's identity system and credential stores
(i.e., keychains).

The goal of this project is to provide early access to community-driven
development of novel capabilities and enhancements. Over time, as these
innovations mature, they will be evaluated for inclusion in future releases
of Mac OS X.

The Smart Way to do Smart Cards

Smart Card Services are the abstraction layer for integrating smart cards
into Apple's Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA).  Once a smart card is
recognized by these services, it is represented as a dynamic keychain and is
made available to all services and applications using Mac OS X's credential
environment. Applications use credentials from smart cards just as they have
for years with file-based keychains, without needing any knowledge of smart
card technology.

This project will serve as a working environment for experimenting with new
and enhanced versions of the various components which make up Smart Card
Services. The components initially included in this project are:
pcscd (PCSC Daemon)
ifd-ccid.bundle  (USB CCID Class Driver)
*.Tokend  (Tokend modules for utilizing smart cards)
Come Together, Right Now

Since its debut in Mac OS X version 10.4, an incredible number of
developers, administrators and users have wanted to do more and actively
contribute to the success of Smart Card Services -- knowing that the better
the integration, the better their experience would be.  Many card, reader,
and application partners have been anxious to join this active community and
extend the services to capabilities not yet available.

To that end, the SmartCardServices project provides a central forum,
repository, and build environment to enable collaborative development and
testing. This will enable our security-conscious developers and customers to
take this rich environment to the next level of seamless integration.

Start Your Engines

Now that you are here, we encourage you to engage in this project through:

 - discussions on the various mailing lists

 - source code review

 - code submission (note licensing terms!)

and of course ingesting the ongoing documentation, tips & tricks, and
reference material that will be developed and posted here on a regular
basis.

Visit us weekly -- or better yet, click the RSS subscription link to the
right to ensure you do not miss a single tidbit of development, news or
activity coming out of this exciting new project.

Sincerely,

The SmartCardServices Dev Team

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