Add PKCS#11 specification limitation note

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alonbl 2008-12-28 18:45:29 +00:00
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@ -324,12 +324,15 @@ app opensc-pkcs11 {
# from connecting to the card and perform crypto operations
# (which may be possible because you have already authenticated
# with the card). Thus this setting is very secure.
#
# This behavior is a known violation of PKCS#11 specification,
# and is forced due to limitation of the OpenSC framework.
#
# However now once one application has started using your
# card with C_Login, no other application can use it, until
# the first is done and calls C_Logout or C_Finalize.
# In the case of Netscape or Mozilla or Thunderbird,
# this does not happen until you exit the application.
# In the case of many PKCS#11 application this does not happen
# until you exit the application.
#
# Thus it is impossible to use several smart card aware
# applications at the same time, e.g. you cannot run both