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authorWerner Koch <[email protected]>2005-05-23 20:18:13 +0000
committerWerner Koch <[email protected]>2005-05-23 20:18:13 +0000
commita43586d0e81b538009fc86f260592e52d54ef42c (patch)
tree37bf664723cdeca2297f465e4857aae59f6ef7ec /scd/command.c
parent(parse_ccid_descriptor): SCR335 FW version 5.14 is (diff)
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* Makefile.am: Do not build sc-copykeys anymore.
* app-openpgp.c (app_openpgp_storekey, app_openpgp_readkey) (app_openpgp_cardinfo): Removed.
Diffstat (limited to 'scd/command.c')
-rw-r--r--scd/command.c20
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scd/command.c b/scd/command.c
index c68d0e925..738b1f003 100644
--- a/scd/command.c
+++ b/scd/command.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ cmd_random (assuan_context_t ctx, char *line)
/* PASSWD [--reset] <chvno>
- Change the PIN or reset thye retry counter of the card holder
+ Change the PIN or reset the retry counter of the card holder
verfication vector CHVNO. */
static int
cmd_passwd (assuan_context_t ctx, char *line)
@@ -1142,7 +1142,23 @@ cmd_passwd (assuan_context_t ctx, char *line)
}
-/* CHECKPIN <hexified_id>
+/* CHECKPIN <idstr>
+
+ Perform a VERIFY operation without doing anything else. This may
+ be used to initialize a the PIN cache earlier to long lasting
+ operations. Its use is highly application dependent.
+
+ For OpenPGP:
+
+ Perform a simple verify operation for CHV1 and CHV2, so that
+ further operations won't ask for CHV2 and it is possible to do a
+ cheap check on the PIN: If there is something wrong with the PIN
+ entry system, only the regular CHV will get blocked and not the
+ dangerous CHV3. IDSTR is the usual card's serial number in hex
+ notation; an optional fingerprint part will get ignored. There
+ is however a special mode if the IDSTR is sffixed with the
+ literal string "[CHV3]": In this case the Admin PIN is checked
+ if and only if the retry counter is still at 3.
*/
static int