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gnupg-pkcs11 is a project to implement a BSD-licensed smart-card
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daemon to enable the use of PKCS#11 tokens with GnuPG. The motivation
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behind this project originates in the following two threads:
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* http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2006-February/027964.html
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* http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-devel/2004-November/021522.html
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* http://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2004-November/023673.html
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PKCS#11 is the de-facto standard for accessing cryptographic tokens,
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and thus we strongly disagree with WK's attitude towards it.
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The patch mentioned in the above threads is unmaintained, so we
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decided to implement PKCS#11 support "the right way". gnupg-pkcs11
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is a (hopefully) drop-in replacement for the smart-card daemon
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(scd) shipped with GnuPG.
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