Re: [Openvpn-users] Get cert from a smartcard (was: Release: OpenVPN GUI for Windows v1.0-beta1)

[Mathias Sundman <mathias@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 3 Jul 2004, Torge Szczepanek wrote:

> > 1. Allow the user to enter the private key passphrase in a dialog and pass
> > it on to openvpn. (Will this require patching OpenSSL?)
>
> Also interesting would be a interface to a smartcard reader, where the X.509
> certs are stored. Has anyone already thinked about this?

I think that would be great too. However, I've never worked with such a 
device...

How do they work? Is there a standard API to access them, or does every 
manufacurer have their own API?

Can you simply read the cert/key out of the smartcard or is there some 
"challange-respone" function involved?

I do think this type of support should be in the core of openvpn, not in 
the gui though.


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