- improve performances between pcscd and libpcsclite see http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/dev/muscle/2005-q4/0086.html - include Apple patches and improvements (if possible/needed) - Allow connection from a 32-bits and 64-bits client to the same pcscd server. This is part of the Apple patches and improvements. see Alioth bug #303790 - power on the card _only_ if an application requests a connection see Alioth bug #301965 That could be implemented by polling the reader only if an application requests it. - use a callback from IFD handler to pcscd instead of polling to get the card status: better performance, possible lower power consumption - allow to have pcscd and libpcsclite on two different machines. That would be needed to support remote PAM login. Maybe use unix2tcp (http://dizzy.roedu.net/unix2tcp/) - manage power suspend/resume (in a laptop for example) and coordinate with the driver (when/if possible) May 2007