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coolkey is a pkcs#11 smartcard library that can be used with a US
Government CAC (Common Access Card), in conjunction with pcsc-lite.
It is most commonly used by pkcs#11 aware web browsers or email
clients, to use a CAC's client certificate for authentication or
signing.

coolkey is commonly used with the DoD Configuration plugin for Firefox
and Thunderbird, at:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/3182.