Re: [Opensc-devel] opensc-pkcs11 in FireFox conflicting with closed-source PKCS11 provider

[Douglas E. E. <dee...@an...>]

On 7/17/2013 3:33 AM, Mat Arge wrote:
> Are you  sure you are using opensc with firefox. I am asking, because Firefox
> usually uses NSS to access smartcards.

Yes Firefox uses NSS. The NSS "Security Devices" are PKCS#11  shared libs or dlls.
Thus NSS cal load multiple PKCS#11 libs, for different cards.


>
> cheers
> Mat
>
> On Wednesday 17. July 2013 10:27:06 Alex Samorukov wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using OpenSC and pkcs11 with firefox to access some websites using
>> my personal certificate and it works pretty well. But also i do have a
>> cart with proprietary pkcs11 driver. It works fine if FireFox is closed,
>> but if it is running it waits forever, probably trying to get exclusive
>> access. This card is not supported by OpenSC project, so for me it is a
>> little unclear why this happens. It seems that this provider is trying
>> to get some kind of exclusive access to pcscd and failing if it is not
>> possible.
>>
>> Is it possible somehow to tell OpenSC to completely ignore this card
>> based on it ATR? Or any other recommendations to prevent this issue,
>> e.g. prevent firefox from auto scan? I am ready to send all the patches
>> if needed.
>>
>>
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