hi :) is there any standard way of contacting hardware vendors? any list discussing/managing contacts? (i haven't found any yet) well, i want to get some specs about o2micro's pcmcia smartcard reader (http://www.o2micro.com/products/prod_prodsmartcard.html) therefor, i created the mail below, (i think it's better when i write in the name of debian to make it look more prefessional -- it's not 'that lonely linux-freak' asking) my english is not the best, perhaps you could proof-read it? any comments are welcome, thanks :) ===========================[snip]================================== From: Martin Waitz <tali@debian.org> To: info@o2micro.com Subject: informations about OZ711E1 hi, i'm working for 'The Debian Project', a Linux Distribution targeting experienced users (http://debian.org) We would like to include drivers for your integrated smartcard reader, which is used in e.g. Acers Travelmate 350. There already are a lot of skilled Linux driver developers who could develop this driver, so your company would not have to do this work itself. The only thing needed is specification of your OZ711E1 chip. If you could provide all the informations needed to develop a driver for the smartcard-reader part of your chip, you would get a Linux driver and a lot of potential customers for free. As many security-concerned people are using Debian, there sure are people wanting to store their keys on a smartcard. Other infrastructure for using smartcards already works, we just need more SmartCard-Reader drivers. Thank you very much for your support. -- Martin Waitz ===========================[snip]================================== if my smartcard reader should work finally, i could package the javacard pam module that's out there... login via smartcard :) and ssh-2.9 can store secret keys on smartcard, too... -- CU, / Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen, Germany Martin Waitz // [Ta|i on IRCnet] [tali.home.pages.de] _________ ______________/// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /// dies ist eine manuell generierte mail, sie beinhaltet // tippfehler und ist auch ohne grossbuchstaben gueltig. /
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