Remote Smart Card Reader
Allow a host computer to use the smartphone’s NFC hardware as contact-less
smartcard reader. On the host computer a special smart card driver, vpcd, must
be installed. The app establishes a connection to vpcd over the network when a
contact-less card is detected.
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\path[linie]
(sca) edge (pcsc)
(vpcd) edge node {\includegraphics[width=1.5cm]{$wd/bilder/simplecloud.pdf}} (app)
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Remote Smart Card Reader used to access a contact-less card
The Remote Smart Card Reader has the following dependencies:
NFC hardware built into the smartphone
Android 4.4 “KitKat” or CyanogenMod 11 (or newer)
permissions for a data connection (communication with vpcd) and for using
NFC (communication to the card); scanning the configuration via QR code
requires permission to access the camera
vpcd installed on the host computer
For remotely accessing a traditional smart card reader on one computer from an
other computer, the Virtual Smart Card in relay mode can be used:
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\node (reader) [right=1cm of pcsc2] {\includegraphics[width=2cm]{$wd/bilder/my_cardreader.pdf}};
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(sca) edge (pcsc)
(vpcd) edge [out=south, in=north] node {\includegraphics[width=1.5cm]{$wd/bilder/simplecloud.pdf}} (vicc)
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(pcsc2) edge [usb] (reader.center)
;
\end{pgfonlayer})
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Virtual Smart Card used in relay mode to remotely access a card
Download and Install
The Remote Smart Card Reader is available on F-Droid .
To manually compile the app you need to fetch the sources:
git clone https://github.com/frankmorgner/vsmartcard.git
We use Android Studio to build and deploy the application. Use
to select vsmartcard/remote-reader.
Attach your smartphone and choose .
On the host system, where the smart card at the phone’s NFC interface is relayed to,
vpcd needs to be installed. It can be installed on Windows and Unix. On the
host computer, vpcd-config prints a QR code to configure the Remote
Smart Card Reader. Scan the configuration with the bar code scanner of your
choice.
