[[SmartCards/CZ|česky]] | '''english'''
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CAcert has the following requirements (MUST) for Smart Card Vendors:

 * Worldwide delivery (at least the countries, where CAcert has Assurers)
 * Any amount of cards delivery (especially smaller amounts of cards are often problematic)
 * Supported Drivers/Infrastructure for Linux, Windows and Mac.

see [[http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/CryptoHardware|Crypto Hardware Taskforce]]

Wishlist (would be nice):
 * Support for QualifiedCertificateRequest:
 The vendor has to provide a method to deliver unforgeable identification of certificate requests that were generated with a secure private key, which was generated in the SmartCard an can never leave the SmartCard. For example the certificate request could be digitally signed with a vendor key that is integrated in the SmartCard. Qualified certificate requests are necessary for CAcert to be able to provide qualified signatures.
 * Drivers automatically installed, and pre-configured in the Software/Distributions.
 * OpenSource drivers
 * Testcards for Interoperability Tests
 * FIPS-140 Level 3

What CAcert can offer to a Smartcard vendor:
 * Thousands of users waiting for the availability of CAcert certified Smartcards
 * Certificates for Interoperability Testing

Information about Smartcards:
 * [[http://www.dfn-pca.de/bibliothek/reports/pki-token/report-token-final-1.0.3.pdf]]
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CategoryCryptoHardware