beid

Description

This application allows the user to read out any information from a Belgian electronic ID card, by using libbeid and libbeidlibopensc to read the data from the card and parse it. Both identity information and information about the stored cryptographic keys can be read in a user-friendly manner, and can easily be printed out or stored for later review.

The application verifies the signature of the identity information, checks whether it was signed by a government-issued key, and optionally checks the certificate against the government's Certificate Revocation List (CRL) and/or by using the Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) against the government's servers.

Application availability

This application is available from the following Mandriva media:

2008.0 x86_64 main-release - View package information

2008.0 i586 main-release - View package information

cooker x86_64 main-release - View package information

cooker i586 main-release - View package information