Author: Petr Tobiska, mailto:petr.tobiska@gmail.com, mailto:petr.tobiska@gemalto.com
This file is a part of asterix, a framework for communication with smartcards based on pyscard.
asterix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
asterix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with pyscard; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
asterix is a framework for communication with smartcards based on pyscard
It consists of:
formutil a module with formatting utilities
GAF a module for representation and evaluation of ASN1 structures
mycard a module providing handy primitives for card communication
APDU a module for creation and transmission of common APDU to a smartcard
SCP02 an implementation of Secure Channel Protocol 02 as defined in Global platform
SCP03 an implementation of Secure Channel Protocol 03 as defined in Global platform
applet a module for loading, installation and deletion of JavaCard applets to a smartcard
CAT a module implementing Card Application Toolkit as defined in ETSI TS 102.223
SecurePacket a module implementing Secure Packet for OTA communication with smartcards
All modules are platform independent, working with Python 2.7
All modules relies on pyscard, a package implementing PCSC layer for communication with smartcards.
See wiki
The asterix framework is packaged using the standard distutils python module. It is pure python implementation.
Run provided installer.
Run python setup.py install
The asterix framework depends on the following packages:
- pyscard >= 1.6.16
- PyCrypto >= 2.6.1