Re: [Fed-Talk] [EXTERNAL] Smartcard decryption not working under Sonoma
Re: [Fed-Talk] [EXTERNAL] Smartcard decryption not working under Sonoma
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] [EXTERNAL] Smartcard decryption not working under Sonoma
- From: Ken Hornstein via Fed-talk <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 12:26:25 -0500
>I think the refile PIN prompt is tied to indexing (and validating) the
>message – who knows.
_Verifying_ a signature doesn't require any smartcard operations; you only
need the smartcard to decrypt or sign. If this was an encrypted message
I could sort of see why that happened.
>Never knew the cache capability was baked in - heavy sigh…. Heck, it
>doesn’t even look like Apple uses it…
Right, it's SUPER undocumented. And like you said, many apps are tested
with soft certificates so developers don't experience the pain of many
PIN prompts.
--Ken
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