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.ds nm \fBopensc\fR
.TH opensc 7 "September 3, 2002" "" OpenSC
.SH NAME
opensc \- Smart Card library and applications with support for PKCS #15 compatible smart cards and similar security tokens
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \*(nm project aims to provide a set of libraries and programs
for manipulating smart cards.  The \*(nm utilities and libraries
can be used with ISO 7816\-4 compatible cards providing basic,
ISO filesystem manipulation.  The primary goal of \*(nm, however, 
is to support cryptographic functionality made possible by PKCS #15
compatible cards.  
.PP
Functionality includes PIN\-protected, on\-card private 
and public key storage, message signing/verification and key generation.
.PP
\*(nm supports PC/SC, CT\-API and OpenCT to talk to card terminals.
.SH OTHER FEATURES
PAM library.
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OpenSSH integration.
.br
PKCS #11 integration.
.SH SUPPORTED CARDS
.TP
As of this writing, \*(nm is known to support the following PKCS #15 compatible cards.
.br
Finnish FINEID (SetCOS)
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Swedish Posten eID (SetCOS)
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Schlumberger Cryptoflex 16k and 8k
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Gemplus GPK 4000, 8000 and 16000
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MioCOS 1.1
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TCOS 2.0
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR opensc-tool (1),
.BR opensc-explorer (1),
.BR opensc-config (1),
.BR pkcs15 (7),
.BR pkcs15-init (1),
.BR pkcs15-tool (1),
.BR pkcs15-crypt (1),
.BR cryptoflex-tool (1),
.BR http://www.opensc.org
.SH AUTHOR
This manpage was contributed by Joe Phillips <joe.phillips@innovationsw.com>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).