Inclusion of devices in the Info.plist of ccid [was]Re: Pardonnez-moi [was Re: libccid's Info.plist update in Stretch removing Nitrokey Smartcard products?]
Stephan Beck:
> Hi Børge,
>
> Børge Holen:
>> On 18 Oct 2016 16:19, "Stephan Beck" <sbeck@secure.mailbox.org> wrote:
>
>>> The only question then is why are the Nitrokey USB crypto sticks not
>>> included in libbcid's Info.pList file? They showed up on the scene years
>>> ago.
>>>
>>> But maybe that's a question that should be directed to the package
>>> maintainer or "upstream" directly.
>>>
>
>>
>> I had the creator of the libccid add a smartcard reader a couple of years
>> ago. Took a week or so before it landed in debians reposatories. Painfree
>> process. I to added it manually before that. A cherry card reader if im not
>> mistaken...
>
> Ah, I didn't know that it's that easy. Thanks for your info. I think
> I'll give it a try.
>
> Cheers
>
> Stephan
Well, Børge, it seems that I wasn't as lucky as you. I asked upstream to
have Nitrokey included but he says that payment is needed for an
inclusion in the list of supported readers, as this inclusion requires
to pass a test suite that he has set up, and he does not do that for
free (a very respectable decision).
I deduce from that, that (even in your case) it have to be the
makers/suppliers who have to be sufficiently interested in having their
devices included in the list, i.e. interested to an extent that they pay
for the required tests to be performed.
Cheers
Stephan
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