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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: S/MIME
From:       Karl-Heinz Zimmer <khz () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-09-04 11:18:55
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[Werner Koch who is not on this list asked me to fwd his reply here,
 Cheers,
 Karl-Heinz]


Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: S/MIME
Date: Donnerstag, 4. September 2003 09:57
From: Werner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>
To: aegypten-intern@intevation.de

> From: Bart Symons <bart.symons@skynet.be>
>
> There is one large disadvantage in relying on gpg to embed S/MIME in
> KMail: gpg does not support smartcards in a standard, generic manner.
> It does not support PKCS#11.

We could start a long debate on the usefulness of pkcs#11 but I don't
have time for that.  So let me just say this: There is no need for
Free Software to adapt a standard, solely existing to allow
interoperation of proprietary software.  An exception is Mozilla and
OpenSC; pkcs#11 makes sense here because nobody wants to dive into
modilla code to add another and cleaner interface than pkcs#11.

> This is sad because it automatically excludes every smartcard for
> which the manufacturer or issuer have gone through the trouble of
> providing a Linux version of their PKCS#11 driver. In Belgium the
> (mandatory!) national

Please tell me about a pkcs#11 driver which is under a GPL compatible
license.  For legal reasons you can't use a proprietary driver due to
the resulting GPL violation.

If you want support for your card, try to get the specs (good luck)
and either add support to OpenSC or contact me for native gnupg
support.  If the card is a pkcs#15 one it should work instantly,
anyway.


Shalom-Salam,

   Werner

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Werner Koch                                      <wk@gnupg.org>
The GnuPG Experts                                http://g10code.com
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