Smart Card Connector App for ChromeOS

This repository contains sources of the ChromeOS Smart Card Connector App (distributed at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smart-card-connector/khpfeaanjngmcnplbdlpegiifgpfgdco) and examples how programs can communicate with this app.

Documentation

This documentation is split into several parts for different target audiences:

• Are you a ChromeOS user?

  Please refer to this Help Center article: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7014689.

• Are you a ChromeOS administrator?

  Please refer to this Help Center article: https://support.google.com/chrome/a/answer/7014520.

• Are you a developer of a ChromeOS extension/app that needs to access the PC/SC API in order to talk to smart cards?

  Please refer to this README: docs/index-third-party-application-developer.md.

• Are you a developer who needs to build the Smart Card Connector App and/or a maintainer of this repository?

  Please refer to this README: docs/index-developer.md.

FAQ

What is a smart card?

Please refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card.

Note that there also some devices that emulate a smart card, e.g., some of Yubikey devices (see https://www.yubico.com/authentication-standards/smart-card/).

Do I need the Smart Card Connector App?

You only need this in case you have a smart card (or a device that emulates it) and need to use it on your ChromeOS device for authenticating at web pages, remote desktop applications, logging into ChromeOS in enterprise deployments, etc.

Can I use it with my memory card (microSD, etc.)?

No. The Smart Card Connector App is only useful with smart cards.