Using ComSign smart card

[Hetz Ben Hamo]

The framework is there, daemon is there, I don't know if what Comsign sells
is supported or not and how many variants of cards + readers they sell (let
me guess: the cheapest ones, and they make tons of money from them).

I'll talk to them tomorrow.

Hetz


2010/11/14 Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il>

> Which means the drivers are free?
> Good to know that Fedora already has the drivers, which means that it might
> be very easy to use it, even easier then in windows :-)
>
> --
> Ori Idan
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the link, this card reader uses the pc/sc interface which
>> drivers, daemon etc are already inside standard linux distributions, my
>> Fedora 13 has it already.
>>
>>  I'll call comsign tommorow.
>>
>> Hetz
>>
>>
>> 2010/11/14 Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il>
>>
>>> No, I do not think the people from Tehila will help me.
>>> I did this only to let them know that people use other operating systems.
>>> I hope that other people will do that too.
>>> I did search the net and found that they use card readers by some know
>>> manufacturers see for example:
>>> http://www.scmmicro.com/security/view_product_en.php?PID=4
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ori Idan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ori,
>>>>
>>>> You really think the people from Tehila will help you? They know well
>>>> how to manage servers, but Linux support for smart cards? ha!
>>>>
>>>> How much does it cost to register/buy the card etc? I'll register, get
>>>> the stuff and see if I can assist.
>>>>
>>>> Since I'm not an expert in smart cards, and assuming I'll find a way to
>>>> use some drivers with the card, which apps should I test to "mark" the thing
>>>> as "passed" or not?
>>>>
>>>> This will be fun :)
>>>>
>>>> Hetz
>>>>
>>>> 2010/11/14 Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il>
>>>>
>>>>> I talked with Comsign they refered me to TEHILA.
>>>>> I wrote Email to TEHILA but did not get any answer yet.
>>>>>  From searching google it seems that the companies who manufacture the
>>>>> smartcard reader have drivers to Linux, it seems however that these
>>>>> are proprietary drivers.
>>>>> I think that many of us have to be worried about this, I guess many
>>>>> people here are freelancers or have small companies.
>>>>> Currently it seems we got a delay, they wanted that from 1-1-2011
>>>>> everyone will start reporting using the new system and now they said that
>>>>> only  businesses earning more then 1.6 million NIS per year will be
>>>>> obligated.
>>>>> They still say that from 1--1-2012 Every one will have to report this
>>>>> way.
>>>>> Look at: http://ozar.mof.gov.il/taxes/heshbonotMekuvan.htm (hebrew)
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ori Idan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Ariel Biener <ariel at post.tau.ac.il>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  On 11/14/2010 11:46 AM, Ori Idan wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Currently only 4 millions annually but from next year all companies
>>>>>>> and from 2011 everyone including small businesses.
>>>>>>> So we have to be ready for this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Call Comsign (the Certificates arm of Comda). They are most helpful
>>>>>> with regards to their CA operation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Ariel
>>>>>>  --
>>>>>>  Ariel Biener
>>>>>>  e-mail: ariel at post.tau.ac.il
>>>>>>  PGP: http://www.tau.ac.il/~ariel/pgp.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>>
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>>
>

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