short list of recommended card readers?

[Daniel Pocock]

Can anybody make recommendations for a short list of card readers,
preferably with PIN pads?


I've got the SPR532[1] and found it works fine but it is no longer
listed on the vendor's web site[2], I've previously tested Reiner SCT
cyberJack Secoder 2 and found it didn't[3] work.  I'm looking at what to
recommend for other people trying the clean room live DVD[4]


This list appears to suggest choosing one of the 6 readers that support
variable length PIN, although the first on the list is the SPR532 (no
longer in production) so it is not clear if this is current:

https://wiki.gnupg.org/CardReader/PinpadInput

Is that a good list to refer people to, or can anybody suggest changes?


I came across this list:

https://www.gnupg.org/howtos/card-howto/en/ch02s02.html

Is that considered up-to-date?  Some of the readers appear quite old
now, should somebody starting today buy one of those or something newer?


Debian has a list of card readers that appear to be supported by
drivers, but it is quite long and doesn't really make any recommendations:

https://wiki.debian.org/Smartcards#Supported_Hardware


The FSFE guide doesn't give any recommendation about choosing a reader,
although it does emphasize the use of readers with PIN pad:

http://wiki.fsfe.org/TechDocs/CardHowtos/CardWithSubkeysUsingBackups#On_PIN_security


PC/SC Lite has a list, it is also rather long though:

http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid/supported.html




1.
http://www.scm-pc-card.de/index.php?lang=en&page=product&function=show_product&product_id=221

2.
https://www.identiv.com/products/smart-card-readers/contact-smart-card-readers

3. https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-users/2016-May/055933.html

4. https://wiki.debian.org/OpenPGP/CleanRoomLiveEnvironment