New version of libccid: 1.4.33

I just released version 1.4.33 of libccid the Free Software CCID class smart card reader driver.

Changes:

1.4.33 - 25 June 2020, Ludovic Rousseau

• Add support of
• Genesys Logic CCID Card Reader (idProduct: 0x0771)
• Swissbit Secure USB PU-50n SE/PE
• TOPPAN FORMS CO.,LTD TC63CUT021
• add --enable-oslog argument for macOS
• use os_log(3) for macOS >= 10.12 (Sierra)
• Update PCSC submodule to get Unicode support
• Some minor improvements

New version of pcsc-lite: 1.9.0

I just released a new version of pcsc-lite 1.9.0.
pcsc-lite is a Free Software implementation of the PC/SC (or WinSCard) API for Unix systems.

This version includes 2 changes I already documented on this blog:

• Your PC/SC application 200% faster
• Unicode characters in a reader name

Because of the major speed improvement I decided to name this version 1.9.0.

Changes

1.9.0: Ludovic Rousseau
14 June 2020

• SCardEndTransaction(): greatly improve performances (x300)
• tokenparser: accept any Unicode character in a reader name
• Use /run instead of /var/run by default
• Fix a memory leak from a polkit call
• Some other minor improvements