Bug#240077: ssh: why not to compile with opensc?

[Alessandro Razeto <Alessandro.Razeto@ge.infn.it>]

On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 18:56:47 +0000, Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote:
> tags 240077 - experimental sid
> merge 231472 240077
> thanks
> 
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 07:02:41PM +0100, Alessandro Razeto wrote:
> > Package: ssh
> > Version: 1:3.8p1-2
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Tags: experimental sid
> > 
> > I think it could be usefull to compile ssh with opensc support, which
> > is already included in the source files. 
> > One need only to add to debian/rules the --opensc=/usr directive to
> > configure and add the source dependancy to libopensc0-dev.
> 
> Wouldn't that produce a binary package that depends on libopensc0,
> thereby requiring everyone with ssh to install that library? It would
> have to be a separate package, and I have concerns about the
> maintainability of that approach.
That's true, but crypto toke are getting more and more populare, and 
their use could be unique for many applications.
A separate "ssh-opensc" package depending on libopensc0 could be a
solution.
BTW libopensc0 depends on libopenct0 libpcsclite0 and libssl0.9.7.

I really think that smartcard are very usefull both for pam/login
and for ssh login and their usage should increase as soon as the
certificate distrubution (foreseen in many countries) starts.

> 
> Please search for existing bugs before filing new ones, by the way;
> searching for "opensc" in ssh's bug page immediately finds #231472.
Fine, I'd lookend at the report of reportbug but I did not see #231472.
I apologize.

	Alessandro