smart Card tutorial : Part 2

In my previous article smart Card tutorial : Part 1, i explained how you can use the Cryptographic Token Interface Standard PKCS#11 in order to access your smart card or USB Token, and perform some simple operations like listing the connected tokens, and displaying each device's informations (Serial Number, Vendor etc...).

This second part will cover some advanced usage of PKCS#11 like :

• Generating on-card RSA Keypair.
• Storing certificates and objects.

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smart Card tutorial : Part 1

When your application handles or performs sensitive data or operations, security becomes a major concern, which is why some companies decides to use Strong Authentication for their applications, also known as 'two factors authentication' : one thing that you have (the smart Card, or USB token), and one that you know (the PIN or password).

This article will be the start of a series of tutorials about smart cards (USB Tokens are readerless smartcards, so the same applies) : how to access, manage, generate keys etc... at the end of the articles, tou should be able to write smart-card-based applications for authentication, digital signatures and PIN/PUK management.

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