Stephan Beck: > Hi Børge, > > Børge Holen: >> On 18 Oct 2016 16:19, "Stephan Beck" <sb...@secure.mailbox.org> wrote: > >>> The only question then is why are the Nitrokey USB crypto sticks not >>> included in libbcid's Info.pList file? They showed up on the scene years >>> ago. >>> >>> But maybe that's a question that should be directed to the package >>> maintainer or "upstream" directly. >>> > >> >> I had the creator of the libccid add a smartcard reader a couple of years >> ago. Took a week or so before it landed in debians reposatories. Painfree >> process. I to added it manually before that. A cherry card reader if im not >> mistaken... > > Ah, I didn't know that it's that easy. Thanks for your info. I think > I'll give it a try. > > Cheers > > Stephan
Well, Børge, it seems that I wasn't as lucky as you. I asked upstream to have Nitrokey included but he says that payment is needed for an inclusion in the list of supported readers, as this inclusion requires to pass a test suite that he has set up, and he does not do that for free (a very respectable decision). I deduce from that, that (even in your case) it have to be the makers/suppliers who have to be sufficiently interested in having their devices included in the list, i.e. interested to an extent that they pay for the required tests to be performed. Cheers Stephan
