No support of 64bit PKCS#11 drivers for signing device (i.e. smart cards) on 64bit Thunderbird
Hi, I have a 115.6.1 (64-bit) version of Mozilla Thunderbird, and yet the device manager does not accept 64bit PKCS11 drivers (from C:\Windows\SysWOW64) for smart cards (tried several smart cards). It only accepts 32bit drivers. I have a smart card which does not have a 32bit PKCS11 driver.
Does anyone know why a 64bit version of thunderbird does not support 64bit PKCS11 drivers? Would any of the developers be able to address this please?
Thank you.
الحل المُختار
Sorry for the confusion, Windows are a bit ati-intuitive compared to MacOS or Ubuntu. System32 is a 64-bit repository and SysWOW64 is a 32bit repository. The 64-bit versions of Firefox and Thunderbird correctly support the PKCS#11 drivers from System32 (the 64-bit repository).
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Do any of https://mzl.la/3HAI4Ya help?
Wayne Mery said
Do any of https://mzl.la/3HAI4Ya help?
No, they are quite unrelated. There is one regarding 32bit PKCS#11 drivers, but that is 7 years ago and does not relate to unsupported 64bit PKCS#11 drivers. All my 32bit PKCS#11 drivers can be loaded, but none of the 64bit PKCS#11 drivers. And I have a problem that one of my crypto smart cards does not even have a 32bit PKCS#11 driver (it is 2024).
الحل المُختار
Sorry for the confusion, Windows are a bit ati-intuitive compared to MacOS or Ubuntu. System32 is a 64-bit repository and SysWOW64 is a 32bit repository. The 64-bit versions of Firefox and Thunderbird correctly support the PKCS#11 drivers from System32 (the 64-bit repository).