# OpenSC

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Not to be confused with [OpenSC (company)](/source/OpenSC_(company)), manufacturer of supply chain tracking.

**OpenSC** is a set of software tools and libraries to work with [smart cards](/source/Smart_cards), with the focus on smart cards with [cryptographic](/source/Cryptographic) capabilities.[2] OpenSC facilitate the use of smart cards in security applications such as [authentication](/source/Authentication), [encryption](/source/Encryption) and [digital signatures](/source/Digital_signature). OpenSC implements the PKCS #15 standard and the [PKCS #11](/source/PKCS_11) [API](/source/API). For its reader backend OpenSC can use either CT-API or [PC/SC](/source/PC/SC).[3]

It also provides some support for Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA) on macOS and Microsoft CryptoAPI on Windows, but it is still work in progress.[4]

## References

1. ["LICENSE"](https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/blob/master/COPYING). *Github*. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

1. Kirch, Olaf (2003). "OpenSC–Smart Cards on Linux". *Proc. of the 10th International Linux System Technology Conference*

1. ["OpenSC download"](https://sourceforge.net/projects/opensc/). *[SourceForge](/source/SourceForge)*. Retrieved 6 November 2022.

1. ["Creating applications with smart card support"](https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki/Creating-applications-with-smart-card-support). Retrieved 2014-04-10.

## External links

- [Official website](https://github.com/OpenSC/OpenSC/wiki)

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