Here's an interesting smartcard article. By the way PC/SC will be coming out this week I still have to write a CSP/SSP but the base resource manager should be finished. I've been spending alot of time looking for memory leaks/etc to keep your machines from crashing. Once the base is out we can extend it conforming to the specification. One idea might be to virtualize the filesystem on the PC and create name bindings such that we can use common names to access files on the card. Data compresssion before the data is placed on the card. Thanks Dave [... ---MDS] Banks and credit-card firms involved in a recent New York smart card pilot project said they learned a lot, despite unhappy merchants and shoppers who said they were less than thrilled. http://www.computerworld.com/home/news.nsf/CWFlash/9811135smart2 -- ****************************************************************** David Corcoran Internet Security/Smartcards Work: School: 205 Industrial Blvd 2252 US Highway 52 West Apt C4 Sugar Land, TX 77478 West Lafayette, IN 47906 Suggestion: Use Linux, it is for IQ's higher than 95. Quote: If you can't make it work, at least make it look good. ~ Bill Gates ****************************************************************** *************************************************************** Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html ***************************************************************