Hi,

I will be releasing a new version of the framework next - fully tested on
other platforms, and which works in a multiple application environment.

Currently, RESET's occur automatically, if application B causes a
RESET to occur, MuscleCard will automatically call SCardReconnect. The
application may choose to use the functions:

MSCIsTokenReset()
MSCClearReset()

to check if the token was reset, and to clear the state if needed.

Token removal will produce an error on all functions. A removed token
will force the application to Disconnect and Connect to the token when it
becomes available again.

In PC/SC you have SCardReconnect, this function makes sense since the
reader is static. In MuscleCard, the reader is gone, completely
abstracted - if the token is removed, nothing exists - there is no
reconnection, just disconnect and connect again.

I'm testing MuscleCard in a multi-application environment, where PAM logs
me into my system, ssh logs me into remote systems, I can manage my card
with XCard, and I can use Netscape to send SMIME email. Each application
locks the token momentarily - but all co-exist so the token is not only
usable in a single application environment.

I'm exploring the idea of creating a MuscleCard Plugin for the OpenSC
project. PKCS-15 is quite an important plugin for the architecture and
the OpenSC guys have done a great job integrating support for PKCS-15.

I'll keep you up to date.....

Dave

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