Re: gnome-keyring PKCS#11 registration, was: Re: A few Keyring issues

[Stef Walter <stefw gnome org>]

On 2010-08-07 03:54, Yaron Sheffer wrote:
> Hi Stef,
> 
> First, thanks for reviewing and correcting the new FAQ.
> 
> Regarding the PKCS#11 Task Force's "standard": since the daemon runs
> with user privileges, I think it would make sense to add a user
> directory as well (e.g. ~/.pkcs11/lib), so that users can install their
> own providers. It would have been nice to "standardize" this addition,
> but the TF wiki page seems to be dead for the last 5 years.

Yes, true. That's a good point about the user directory. In some
implementations a user directory is desirable, in others very undesirable.

But I've been giving this some more thought, and factored that into a
solution. Will try to spec out and propose something soon.

Cheers,

Stef