Category: Windows
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SCardSniffer2 spies the exchanges between a PC/SC application and a smart card
SCardSniffer is a new free tool used to spy (list) all the exchanges between an NFC tag and a Windows application using PC/SC standard.
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Getting started with SpringCard Companion
SpringCard Companion is the new all-in-one solution to manage, configure and update the latest generation of SpringCard “SpringCore” devices (Puck, SpringPark, etc). SpringCard Companion is an hybrid application that combines a clean, efficient and always up-to-date web front-end with a tiny local software, the Companion Service, that is the gateway between the cloud and the…
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PCSCCheck, the all-in-one tool to validate and tune your PC/SC installation
An analysis of the questions that are the most frequently asked to our technical support shows that many issues and concerns are due to the settings or the behaviour of Windows operating system itself. This is particularly the case in security-enforced corporate environments, where strict administrative policies may prevent the user to install the right…
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How to be sure that the SpringCard PC/SC driver is installed on Windows?
Since all SpringCard USB PC/SC couplers comply with the USB CCID specification, they are supported by the generic CCID driver supplied by Microsoft as a part of the Windows operating system. As a consequence, when connecting a SpringCard PC/SC coupler to a computer for the first time, this coupler is associated to the generic “Microsoft…
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SCardSniffer spies the exchanges between a PC/SC application and PC/SC middleware
SCardSniffer is a new free tool used to spy (list) all the exchanges between an NFC tag and a Windows application using PC/SC standard.
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Limitation of 10 smart card readers with SCardListReaders
Many customers have noticed that the Windows’ PC/SC subsystem is not able to handle more than 10 readers (or slots in case of multi-slot readers). Actually, the SCardListReaders function -the system call to get the list of available PC/SC readers- is limited to 10 readers max. On old versions of Windows it was possible (although…