RS-232 SmartCard reader

[Jan Prunk]

Hello !

I received an older SmartCard reader, that is still RS-232 based, and
was supposed to work on Windows (95/98) platform. However the original
software (ChipMaster for Windows) is lost, the device was bought in
Conrad shop, years ago. I am trying to use this on Linux Debian. To be
frank, I don't know exactly where I should start, the manuals which I
have found date really back, so I think those aren't very helpfull for
me. I am trying to use a SmartCard (chipcard) supplied by my banking
institution to access the online-banking system.

I would be glad to receive any usefull information from this mailing list !

Kind regards,
Jan Prunk
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[Marc-André Moreau]

Hi,

I am in the same situation as you. I got a cheap serial smart card reader, which simply receives ISO 7816 through the serial port. Looking at the available drivers, I thought the Delarue driver looked close enough, but it wasn't available in the driver package in the debian repositories. I tried compiling it, but it was obviously outdated (the date for the last modification dates from 10 years ago) and it did not seem to fit the actual library at all. With modifications I could get it to compile, but I doubt it would work because the library seems to have change too much in the last 10 years. I think maybe it would be the time to write a generic serial smart card reader driver, but we need someone who has the time and skills to do it.

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Jan Prunk <janprunk@...> wrote:

Hello !

I received an older SmartCard reader, that is still RS-232 based, and
was supposed to work on Windows (95/98) platform. However the original
software (ChipMaster for Windows) is lost, the device was bought in
Conrad shop, years ago. I am trying to use this on Linux Debian. To be
frank, I don't know exactly where I should start, the manuals which I
have found date really back, so I think those aren't very helpfull for
me. I am trying to use a SmartCard (chipcard) supplied by my banking
institution to access the online-banking system.

I would be glad to receive any usefull information from this mailing list !

Kind regards,
Jan Prunk
--
Jan Prunk
http://www.prunk.si
0x00E80E86 - http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de/
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[Andreas Jellinghaus-2]

Am Freitag 10 April 2009 14:15:25 schrieb Jan Prunk:
> Hello !
>
> I received an older SmartCard reader, that is still RS-232 based, and
> was supposed to work on Windows (95/98) platform. However the original
> software (ChipMaster for Windows) is lost, the device was bought in
> Conrad shop, years ago.

is there any label on it? the old scr serial readers work fine with
openct, and I guess there is a driver for pcsc too (not 100% sure).

also check what interface your onlie banking software needs, maybe it
needs a ct-api driver?

check what your software needs, what your hardware is, and if there
is a software driver to fill the gap. if that doesn't work out:
ask yourself - how much time will you invest to save 10 euro for
a new usb smart card reader (or more money, if you buy a fancy
one with display and/or pinpad)?

if you want to hack it, you need windows and the software that
works on it for windows, and some tool to debug your serial
port so you can see what is happening. be prepared to read the
iso 7816-3/4 standard (or the smart card handbook by rankl/effing)
so you know the most likely protocols t=0 and t=1 and can check
if they are used, and what glue is used around them. often it is
not much, but if you need precise timing to get the hardware to
work, it can be quite some hacking.

good luck either way!

Regards, Andreas
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