[Cryptech Tech] dev-bridge board

[Peter Stuge]

Leif Johansson wrote:
> > * Either implement CCID and look and quack like a duck, to be
> >   compatible with GnuPG and (OpenSC and pcsc-lite), of which the
> >   latter is not really stellar code. The former I have little
> >   experience with.
> 
> waaay beyond alpha-board-101 imo

I don't think that it is a goal to strive for at all!


> doing ccid means we can *might* be able to reuse existing pkcs11
> modules from opensc but I think it is highly unlikely that this
> will work in practice since those were written for smartcards
> and not for HSMs

OpenSC and pcsc-lite are not highly desirable components.


> I say we should do the simplest possible thing that serializes
> enough of pkcs11 over serial usb that we can get away with

I am sure that this would require more effort than doing the simplest
possible thing that uses USB natively. I'll help create the protocol
with some support from Rob and Paul.


//Peter