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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

pcsc_scan on Windows

Since version 1.5.0 of pcsc-tools (see "New version of pcsc-tools: 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2") it is possible to build and run pcsc_scan on Windows.

MSYS2

From the project webpage:

MSYS2 is a software distro and building platform for Windows


At its core is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software. It provides a bash shell, Autotools, revision control systems and the like for building native Windows applications using MinGW-w64 toolchains.

It features a package management system to provide easy installation of packages, Pacman. It brings many powerful features such as dependency resolution and simple complete system upgrades, as well as straight-forward package building.

Using MSYS2 it is easy to build/port a Unix program on Windows.

Build

To build the program use the classic sequence:
  1. ./configure
  2. make

$ ./configure
configure: loading site script /etc/config.site
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-msys
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-msys
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.exe
checking for suffix of executables... .exe
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
configure: WARNING: libpcsclite not found by pkg-config
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking winscard.h usability... yes
checking winscard.h presence... yes
checking for winscard.h... yes
checking for SCardEstablishContext... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking time.h usability... yes
checking time.h presence... yes
checking for time.h... yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking stdio.h usability... yes
checking stdio.h presence... yes
checking for stdio.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking whether sys/types.h defines makedev... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands

Windows does not use pcsc-lite but its own natice WinSCard implementation. So it is not surprising that libpcsclite is not found by the configure script. What is important is that the header file winscard.h is found and that the function SCardEstablishContext() can be used.

$ make
make  all-am
make[1] : on entre dans le rĂ©pertoire « /home/Ludovic/pcsc-tools »
  CC       pcsc_scan-pcsc_scan.o
  CCLD     pcsc_scan.exe
make[1] : on quitte le rĂ©pertoire « /home/Ludovic/pcsc-tools »

Run

$ ./pcsc_scan.exe
PC/SC device scanner
V 1.5.2 (c) 2001-2017, Ludovic Rousseau 
Using reader plug'n play mechanism
Scanning present readers...
0: Broadcom Corp Contacted SmartCard 0
1: Broadcom Corp Contactless SmartCard 0
 
Tue May 30 18:04:07 2017
 Reader 0: Broadcom Corp Contacted SmartCard 0
  Card state: Card removed, 
 Reader 1: Broadcom Corp Contactless SmartCard 0
  Card state: Card removed, 
 Reader 2: \\?PnP?\Notification
  Card state: 

Limitations

The program has some limitations:
  • the special reader name \\?PnP?\Notification, used for reader hotplug events, has its name listed.
    This is not the case on GNU/Linux or macOS.
  • the program does not exit when the key sequence Ctrl-C is used. On Unix the Control-C sequence is used to send a SIGINT signal to the process. On Windows I do not know an equivalent.
    To quit pcsc_scan you have to terminate the process using the task manager. Not really a good User eXperience.

Conclusion

I do not plan to put a lot of effort into the Windows version of pcsc_scan. It was just an experiment.

If you want a change you can submit a Pull Request at the pcsc-tools github project.

Sunday, May 28, 2017

New version of pcsc-tools: 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2

I just released a new version of pcsc-tools, a suite of tools for PC/SC.

The main changes are for the pcsc_scan command.

Changes:
1.5.2 - 28 May 2017, Ludovic ROUSSEAU
  • include gscriptor.desktop and test.script in the archive

1.5.1 - 28 May 2017, Ludovic ROUSSEAU
  • rename the archive pcsc-tools

1.5.0 - 28 May 2017, Ludovic ROUSSEAU
  • 221 new ATRs
  • pcsc_scan:
    • add APDU stress mode (-s) (send "Select MF" APDU in a loop)
    • display an animation while waiting for a card or reader event
  • use autoconf/automake

Sunday, May 21, 2017

New PyKCS11 1.4.2 available

I just released a new version of PyKCS11, a Python wrapper above the PKCS#11 API.

See PyKCS11 introduction for more details about PyKCS11.

Changes:
1.4.2 - May 2017, Ludovic Rousseau
  • Moved the project from https://bitbucket.org/PyKCS11/pykcs11 to https://github.com/LudovicRousseau/PyKCS11
  • Makefile: use a better default value for PREFIX
  • Fix PyKCS11.__del__(): test that every module is accessible
  • getSlotList(): add optional tokenPresent parameter
    By default the method returns all the slots (like before the change).
  • Always call C_Initialize() in ::Load() to work with some bogus PKCS#11 library (like libCryptoki2 from Safenet Luna SA HSM)
  • LowLevel samples: use PYKCS11LIB environment variable
  • some minor improvements

Available on:

New version of libccid: 1.4.27

I just released a version 1.4.27 of libccid the Free Software CCID class smart card reader driver.

Changes:
1.4.27 - 21 May 2017, Ludovic Rousseau
  • Add support of
    • ACS ACR1255U-J1
    • ACS CryptoMate (T2)
    • ANCUD CCID USB Reader & RNG
    • DUALi DE-620 Combi
    • FT CCID
    • FT CCID KB
    • FT U2F CCID KB
    • FT U2F CCID KBOARD
    • HID Global OMNIKEY 5422 Smartcard Reader
    • InfoThink IT-102MU Reader
    • Kapsch TrafficCom USB SAM reader
    • MK Technology KeyPass S1
    • Mulann PVT
    • Regula RFID Reader
    • Spyrus Inc PocketVault P-3X
    • Unicept GmbH AirID USB
  • Add Microchip SEC1210 UART support (when connected on a serial port)
  • Add Zero Length Packet (ZLP) support for Gemalto IDBridge CT30 and K30
    enable the patch using ./configure --enable-zlp
  • Add support of HID Omnikey 5422 as multi slot reader (for macOS)
  • Escape command: signals buffer overflow instead of silently truncating the buffer
  • Fix a bug with multi readers and pcscd uses hotplug_libusb (not the recommended configuration)
  • Some minor improvements

Saturday, May 20, 2017

New version of pcsc-lite: 1.8.21

I just released a new version of pcsc-lite 1.8.21.
pcsc-lite is a Free Software implementation of the PC/SC (or WinSCard) API for Unix systems.

Changes:
1.8.21: Ludovic Rousseau
20 May 2017
  • SCardCancel():
    • fix a race condition bug
    • fix a possible use after free
    • improve Doxygen documentation
  • SCardGetStatusChange(): fix a race condition when a reader is removed
  • SCardDisconnect(): fix status update for SCARD_UNPOWER_CARD
  • pcsc_stringify_error(): use Thread-local storage
  • pcsc_stringify_error() now returns a const char *
  • SCardControl() may return SCARD_E_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER when pbRecvBuffer is not big enough to receive the card response.
  • Fix compilation error with GCC 4.9
  • UnitaryTests: add support of Python 3
  • pcsc-spy: add support of Python 3
  • Some other minor improvements