SmartCard Infrastructure : Smart Card MiniDrivers and Reader Drivers

Smart Card MiniDrivers and Reader Drivers

Summary list of information related to Smart Card Readers and Card Mini-Drivers

Smart Card Mini-Driver

Specification: http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/smartcard/sc-minidriver.mspx
Certification Requirements: http://blogs.msdn.com/shivaram/archive/2007/02/26/card-mini-driver-certification-requirements.aspx
List of Mini-Drivers available on Windows Update: http://test.catalog.update.microsoft.com/v7/site/Search.aspx?q=umdf
CardMod.h - header file download: http://blogs.msdn.com/shivaram/archive/2007/01/02/smart-card-minidriver-aka-cardmodule-header-cardmod-h-download.aspx
API on MSDN: http://blogs.msdn.com/shivaram/archive/2006/03/23/Card-Module-API-on-MSDN.aspx
Windows Smart Card Framework Presentation (educational): http://www.incits.org/tc_home/b109htm/b109_docs07/B109_07N042.pdf

Smart Card Readers:

PC/SC Standards support and Windows Logo for Smart Card Readers: http://blogs.msdn.com/shivaram/archive/2007/03/22/pc-sc-standards-support-and-windows-logo-for-smart-card-readers-and-drivers.aspx
List of Readers that work with Windows: http://blogs.msdn.com/shivaram/archive/2007/01/23/smart-cards-and-readers-that-work-with-windows.aspx

Published Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:33 PM by Shivaram Mysore

Filed under: Technology, Smart Card Mini-Driver & Readers

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# re: Smart Card MiniDrivers available on Windows Update

Are these all the MS Base Smartcard CSP supported cards?

Friday, September 14, 2007 7:38 AM by arnisg

# re: Smart Card MiniDrivers and Reader Drivers

Can you explain what "Supported" means. If a Card has a Cerfified Mini-Driver it is expected to behave correctly against the test cases supported.

Thursday, September 27, 2007 1:00 PM by Shivaram Mysore

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