Existing users, 
How can I be sure, that this little programm (not really a patch, I think) isn’t malware or something else (trojan horse, virus)?
The manufacturer of MacGiro refuses to know this program and doesn’t recommend it.
Thanks for help.
Chipcard-Patch
launch pcscd when needed & launch MacGiro databases
Version: 0.2
No Malware?
Feedback Type: Commentary
Contributed by: hdoering_dotmac Thursday, August 04 2005 @ 08:55 AM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Have Not Tried
Comments
No Malware? - moritzh
For those who speak German, I just received this e-mail:
ab 10.4 sollte das System pcscd bei Plug-Events automatisch starten. Und wieder beenden wenn der Leser abgezogen wird. Verwantwortlich ist securityd, nachzulesen in den Darwin Sources...Das hat zunächst nur für Leser funktioniert, die als USB Composite Device implementiert sind.
Ab 10.4.2 funktioniert dies nun auch für Vendor Specific Devices wie den Argos Mini.
Startup Items für pcscd sollten jetzt also nicht mehr notwending sein. Laut Apple sollte diese auch ab 10.4 entfernt werden.
Wenn das ganze mit dem Chipdrive Micro nicht funktioniert, müsste sich Towitoko einmal darum kümmern. Auf meinem G5 2000/Dual funktioniert es übrigens mit dem Chipdrive 130.
Mit freundlichem Gruß
med-i-bit GmbH
And for those who don't speak German: They say that everything should work with 10.4.2 (making this program obsolete).
On my setup (Towitoko Chipdrive 130 USB, Powerbook 17" 1 GHz with Mac OS X 10.4.2), however, the problem is still there. But maybe you are lucky and it works out-of-the -box with 10.4.2.
Friday, August 05 2005 @ 01:08 PM PDT
No Malware? - moritzh
Hi, I wrote the program. The source code is available (as required by the GPL), so you can have a look and then build yourself (it's basically a simple AppleScript). (You'll also see the files if you click on the Develpoer's Site link at the top.) (I submitted a direct download link to versiontracker for the source code, but they removed it (don't know why).)
I suggested the program to the manufacturer of MacGiro when I originally wrote the program, but I think they did not really understand, so they did not consider it. It's amazing, however, that they forgot about this already because, from my feeling, it's not a big company...
Note: On the manufacturer's chip card reader problem page, they claim just using 10.4.2 will solve the problem with chip card readers, but I am using 10.4.2 and I still need this little tool to get the reader to work. I already told them about it.
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Friday, August 05 2005 @ 12:35 PM PDT