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+C++ Library for accessing PCSC-lite, OpenSSL, PKCS#11
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+The Libraries for accessing smartcard tokens are written in ugly C,
+shifting pointers with no memory management. This library provides a
+simple and nice C++ wrapper around these libraries, so that
+programmers can concentrate on functionality.
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