Re: [Opensc-devel] Question about openct and its relation to opensc

[Chris G. <cl...@is...>]

On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 11:22:24PM +0200, Ludovic Rousseau wrote:
>    Hello,
>    2016-07-23 17:21 GMT+02:00 Chris Green <[1]cl...@is...>:
> 
>      Sorry if these are not really development list questions but I can't
>      really see anywhere else to ask.
> 
>    Yes, that is the correct mailing list.
> 
>      I am trying to implement EAP-SIM authentication as a WiFi client, as
>      described here:-
> 
>      [2]https://ohnomoregadgets.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/free-wifi-with-e
>      ap-sim-on-a-desktop-computer/
>      This requires the openct package to be installed but openct seems to
>      have disappeared from all current Debian derived distributions.
>      Is there something newer in the OpenSC project that replaces openct
>      or
>      should I just bite the bullet and build openct from source?
> 
>    You should not need openct now, unless you use a smart card reader that
>    does not work with the CCID driver.
>    Just install pcscd, that should also install libccid.
>    You can use
>    [3]https://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.fr/2014/03/level-1-smart-card-suppo
>    rt-on-gnulinux.html to check your reader is working correctly.

Ah, OK, so I don't need openct. I'll need to work out how how to get
the information into the wpa_supplicant configuration.  However I will
start again with just pcscd and see if I can reliable reading of my
SIM with that.

Thank you.

-- 
Chris Green