CAC Client Application Authentication in Python

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Published on 2010-03-02T20:50:46Z Indexed on 2010/04/27 19:33 UTC
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I am building a python application to pull data from a website. The application has to authenticate(HTTPS/SSL) with a CAC card and pin in order to make requests.

Am I correct in my assumptions that you can't retrieve the private key from a CAC card, and am therefore stuck using a PKCS #11 Wrapper like PyKCS?

Any tips or resources for going about this?

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