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Its main focus is on cards that support cryptographic operations, and facilitate their use in security applications such as mail encryption, authentication, and digital signature. OpenSC implements the PKCS#11 API so applications supporting this API such as Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird can use it. OpenSC implements the PKCS#15 standard and aims to be compatible with every software that does so, too.
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OpenSC provides a set of libraries and utilities to access smart cards.
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Its main focus is on cards that support cryptographic operations, and
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facilitate their use in security applications such as mail encryption,
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authentication, and digital signature. OpenSC implements the PKCS#11 API
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so applications supporting this API such as Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird
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can use it. OpenSC implements the PKCS#15 standard and aims to be compatible
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with every software that does so, too.
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