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## 15.12.2015 AK
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= Accessing PKI Hardware in Firefox/Thunderbird on Ubuntu/Debian =

== What you will need ==
{{{
apt-get install mozilla-opensc libopensc1
}}}

== How to tell Firefox/Thunderbird about OpenSC ==

It's quite easy to tell Firefox/Thunderbird that you have hardware PKI devices attached, the directions are the same for both programs the directions below are acurate as of Firefox version 1.0.4.

 * You need to go into preferences
 * Click on Advanced
 * Open the tab with the plus next to certificates if needed
 * Click on "Manage Security Devices"
 * Click on the "load" button in the device manager
 * I changed the module name to "OpenSC Module"
 * The module filename is "/usr/lib/pkcs11/opensc-pkcs11.so"

After you click ok a few times and you should now have a useable PKI key pair on a working crypto device which you can use to decrypt/encrypt/sign emails and authenticate against websites. In future we'll be attempting to come up with ways to make this easier for people.

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