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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

PySCard 2.0.5 released

I just released a new version 2.0.5 of pyscard. PySCard is a python module adding smart cards support (PC/SC) to Python.

The PySCard project is available at:

This version is a not even a bug fix release. No code has changed.

The problem is that for the previous version, 2.0.4, I uploaded a incorrect source archive to Pypi. I inadvertently included some generated files in the .tar.gz archive. I discovered the problem while creating the Debian package. I removed the incorrect file from Pypi. But then it is not possible to upload a new file with a name that was already present on Pypi.

The source .tar.gz is already present in the pyscard project on sourceforge.net so I thought it was OK.

But then I received bug reports like Missing source release for 2.0.4? or pyscard 2.0.4 not available on linux from pypi so I had to do something.


Changes:

Sunday, September 11, 2022

New version of pcsc-lite: 1.9.9

I just released a new version of pcsc-lite 1.9.9.
pcsc-lite is a Free Software implementation of the PC/SC (or WinSCard) API for Unix systems. 

Changes:

1.9.9: Ludovic Rousseau
11 September 2022
  • SCardEstablishContext() may return SCARD_W_SECURITY_VIOLATION if refused by Polkit
  • Fix SCardReleaseContext() failure on orphan handles
  • Fix SCardDisconnect() on orphan handle
  • pcsc-spy: log the pioSendPci & pioRecvPci SCardTransmit() parameters
  • Improve the log from pcscd: log the return code in text instead of hex
  • Some other minor improvements

Sunday, September 4, 2022

New PyKCS11 1.5.11 available

I just released a new version of PyKCS11, a Python wrapper above the PKCS#11 API.
See "PyKCS11 introduction" or "PyKCS11’s documentation".

The project is registered at Pypi: https://pypi.org/project/PyKCS11/
 

Changes:

1.5.11 - September 2022, Ludovic Rousseau

  • add deriveKey() with CKM_ECDH1_DERIVE and CK_ECDH1_DERIVE_PARAMS
  • support pSourceData in OAEP params
  • remove use of (deprecated) distutils
  • samples: port to Python 3
  • fix code coverage generation