Re: Gemplus smart card

Steve wrote:
On 4 May 2006 04:26:35 -0700, zwsdotcom@xxxxxxxxx wrote:



BE CAREFUL! If you are in the United States, be aware that satellite TV
companies have successfully extorted fines from people on the customer
list of smartcard reader vendors on the logic that "the only thing you


Gosh, that's incredible, a sweeping legal presumption. Heck you could
be just making a backup copy for legitimate use to access an a/c you
have paid for. Not an issue in this case I hasten to add, the card is
most definitely not from a TV box, and not used for any sort of online
service access - it's a smart card and lab machine that I own
personally that are involved here.

Steve

If you mean a smart card, like the one I have in my camera, then you
should be able to plug it into any card reader. If it appears to be
blank, then it may be formatted for an OS that you aren't using (IOW, a
card formatted for Linux wouldn't be visible on a Windows machine, while
Linux and Macs can read just about any format).

My reader is internal, but if I were doing what you are trying to do,
then I would use an external reader, so that I could move it between
different types of machines.

What ever you do, don't let a format happen. What I mean is, if a
message pops up and tells you that there is no data, or that the data is
corrupt, say NO, if you are asked if you want to format the card. It may
contain encrypted information which only seems to be corrupt data.

I use these cards for much more than transporting photo's, I can also
boot an OS with them. If you meant some other sort of card, then I'm
sorry for wasting space here. I don't know a thing about satellite/cable
TV boxes.

According to this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811943

"Gemplus Smartcard Drivers Are Not Included in Windows Server 2003". It
goes on to say that you must contact Gemplus for the proprietary
drivers, and I have no doubt that this is done to help ensure against
funny business.

Good luck, you might be able to find a machine with one of these readers
already installed. Explain your problem, and try for some mercy.

Michael
.

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