Hi Akkshayaa,
I have a suggestion - it may may or may not work.
Try to put the PKCS#11 DLL in a directory that is not name 'components'.
The 'components' directory is for add-on related files.
Browser will automatically load any DLL in that directory. My guess is
that the DLL is loaded before the security device module is initialized.
--
Subrata
Akkshayaa Venkatram wrote:
>
> Hi Subrata,
> Thanks for responding. I checked the links you sent. I am calling
> the function pkcs11.addmodule(modname, path, 0,0); for loading the
> module.
> The path of the dllfile is the extension folder say for eg:
> C:\Users\AKS\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\oiy8ehzb.default\extensions\{22e46b7c-3348-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66}\components\acospkcs11.dll
>
>
>
> When i install the extension,restart firefox, the module gets loaded
> and i am able to use it. But if i close the browser and reopen it, i
> am not able to find the module. Do you have any idea why this happens?
>
> If the path is C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components\acospkcs11.dll
> it loads without any problem and is available persistently.
>
> But i want the path to be the former one.
> I would appreciate your help, i have been stuck on this for more than
> 2 months..
>
> Thanks,
> Akkshayaa
>
> Subrata Mazumdar wrote:
>> Hi Akkshayaa,
>> The Device Manager in Mozilla PSM registers the PKCS#11 module
>> persistently with the browser's Module-DB.
>> You might want to compare your code with Mozilla PSM Device Manager
>> code for loading PKCS#11 module :
>>
>> http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/manager/pki/resources/content/device_manager.js#459
>>
>>
>>
>> http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/manager/ssl/src/nsCrypto.cpp#3017
>>
>>
>> BTW, once PKCS#11 module is registered, browser will automatically
>> load the module every time you open the browser.
>> Your add-on need not load it.
>> --
>> Subrata Mazumdar
>>
>> Akkshayaa Venkatram wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> I am a new member to this group.
>>> I am developing a firefox addon for which i am using smart card
>>> bundle and the opensc.dll
>>> The addon that i am creating has the opensc.dll in the components
>>> folder of the extension and everytime the extension is installed,
>>> the security module gets loaded into the firefox browser. This works
>>> fine during every new installation. But when i close firefox window
>>> and try reopening it, i can only see the place holder for the
>>> security module but the actual module is missing, which doesn't let
>>> me use the smart card.
>>>
>>> Can i someone help me figure out where the problem is? I was
>>> wondering if any flag has to be set in the dll to make the loaded
>>> module persistent. However, if i try to load the opensc.dll from
>>> C:\program files or any other stable location, it persists and
>>> doesn't get removed. But i don't want the module to exist when the
>>> firefox extension is removed and hence want to load the module from
>>> the extension folder.
>>>
>>> Hoping to receive a reply..
>>> Thanks in advance
>>>
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