Using ComSign smart card

[Ori Idan]

>From the conversation I had today with Comsign representative it seems that
it is not Comsign who is responsible for it. It is Tehila which means it is
even worse since we know Tehila can not even manage their own servers.
Comsign seems to be only the CA the issues the digital signatures. I think
this is also a problem that we must use only one CA.

-- 
Ori Idan



On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:19 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo <hetzbh at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> *חץ בן חמו
>>>>> חץ-ביז (הוסטינג)
>>>>> *השכרה ואירוח של שרתים פיזיים
>>>>> השכרת שרתים וירטואליים מקצועיים וגדולים במחירים *קטנים*
>>>>> בקרו באתרנו בכתובת hetz.biz <http://www.hetz.biz/> ובבלוג שלנו:
>>>>> blog.hetz.biz
>>>>> טלפוןן: 0783333113/4/5, אימייל: sales at hetz.biz
>>>>> מסנג'ר: sales at hetz.biz - סקייפ: heunique
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> *חץ בן חמו
>>> חץ-ביז (הוסטינג)
>>> *השכרה ואירוח של שרתים פיזיים
>>> השכרת שרתים וירטואליים מקצועיים וגדולים במחירים *קטנים*
>>> בקרו באתרנו בכתובת hetz.biz <http://www.hetz.biz/> ובבלוג שלנו:
>>> blog.hetz.biz
>>> טלפוןן: 0783333113/4/5, אימייל: sales at hetz.biz
>>> מסנג'ר: sales at hetz.biz - סקייפ: heunique
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> --
>
> *חץ בן חמו
> חץ-ביז (הוסטינג)
> *השכרה ואירוח של שרתים פיזיים
> השכרת שרתים וירטואליים מקצועיים וגדולים במחירים *קטנים*
> בקרו באתרנו בכתובת hetz.biz <http://www.hetz.biz/> ובבלוג שלנו:
> blog.hetz.biz
> טלפוןן: 0783333113/4/5, אימייל: sales at hetz.biz
> מסנג'ר: sales at hetz.biz - סקייפ: heunique
>
>
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