beid software version 4

No, it hasn't been released yet, but they're working on it.

We've not been doing much about beid since squeeze was released, mostly because we understood that version 4 of the software was quite close, and that working on some 3.x version in that light would not make much sense anymore. But that doesn't mean I haven't done anything about it, at all; a while back, the FedICT people contracted me to help them build Debian packages they could put an 'official' stamp on, and provide through their website or some such. Some pre-release versions of these packages are now available through their google code project, and it would be welcome if people could try them out and give feedback.

Links:

• The middleware package contains the browser plugin, which doubles as the PKCS#11 library. It should even auto-install, which the packages currently in the archive don't (due to technical reasons that would take us too far).
• The viewer contains an application that allows you to view the data on your eID card, print out a page with identity information, etc. It's not required for everyone, but can be interesting none the less.

In both cases, look under 'featured downloads'. These contain snapshot builds that should be fairly stable, but are not officially supported yet. Alternatively, you can track the head of the code (packages that are built automatically upon commit) by going to some alternative pages for the middleware and the viewer. Feedback is welcome, preferably through the relevant Google Code bugtrackers.