.. highlight:: sh

.. _PBKDF2: https://www.dlitz.net/software/python-pbkdf2/
.. _PCSC-lite: http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/
.. _PCSC-lite: http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/
.. _PIP: http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/
.. _PyCrypto: http://pycrypto.org/
.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
.. _cyberflex-shell: https://github.com/henryk/cyberflex-shell
.. _pyscard: http://pyscard.sourceforge.net/

.. |vpicc| replace:: :abbr:`vpicc (virtual smart card)`
.. |vpcd| replace:: :abbr:`vpcd (virtual smart card reader)`


********************************************************************************
Virtual Smart Card
********************************************************************************

:Authors:
    - Frank Morgner <morgner@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
    - Dominik Oepen <oepen@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
:License:
    GPL version 3
:Tested Platforms:
    - Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, OpenMoko)
    - Windows (|vpicc| natively, |vpcd| via Cygwin)
:Potential Platforms:
    Unix-like operating systems (Mac OS, Solaris, BSD, ...)

Welcome to the Virtual Smart Card. The purpose of the Virtual Smart Card is to emulate a
smart card and make it accessible through PCSC. Currently the virtual smart
card supports almost all commands of ISO-7816 including secure messaging.
Besides a plain ISO-7816 smart card it is also possible to emulate a German
ePass (only basic access control) and a rudimentary Cryptoflex smart card. The
|vpicc| can be accessed through the |vpcd| which is a driver for
:command:`pcscd` of PCSC-Lite_.

By default the vicc communicates with the vpcd through a socket on localhost
port 35963. The file :file:`utils.py` was taken from Henryk Plötz's
cyberflex-shell_.


.. include:: autotools.rst

Depending on your usage of the |vpicc| you might or might not need
the following:

- Python_
- pyscard_
- PyCrypto_
- PBKDF2_
- PIP_

The |vpcd| has the following dependencies:

- PCSC-Lite_


================================================================================
Running the Virtual Smart Card
================================================================================

First you need to make sure that pcscd loads the |vpcd|. You might need to run
:command:`update-reader.conf` to update pcscd's configuration file. Then
:command:`pcscd -f -d` should say something like "Attempting startup of
Virtual PCD"

Now you can run :command:`vicc` which connects to the |vpcd|. The command
:command:`vicc --help` gives an overview about the command line options.

You should now be able to access the |vpicc| through the system's
PC/SC API via |vpcd|/pcscd. You can use the opensc-explorer or pcsc_scan to test
that.

.. program-output:: vicc --help


.. include:: questions.rst