Re: ITP: skam -- A smartcard APDU manager for KDE

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Carlos" == Carlos Prados <cprados@yahoo.com> writes:

    Carlos> The aim of this program is to provide a more user friendly
    Carlos> interface to smart cards APDU's; you'll be able to edit
    Carlos> text files and then make the card execute the APDU's you
    Carlos> have just written. At the same time you'll see the data
    Carlos> response from the card and the corresponding status.

    Carlos> Skam is distributed under GPL. It's available from
    Carlos> http://fernando.llobregat.free.fr

Can I ask some dumb questions? (including this one!)

What smart cards and/or smart card readers does it support?

What is APDU? Is that some common standard for smart cards? Is it
hardware or software or both?

Thanks!
-- 
Brian May <bam@debian.org>