Global Platform is at http://www.globalplatform.org/. For Java card start at
http://java.sun.com/products/javacard/ - the Java Run Time spec (JCRE) shows
that the only 7816-4 style command defined in JCRE is SELECT on AID. Multos
4 is the current Multos spec, but doesn't include the card platform
identification - that is coming in a sort of Multos 4 plus.

ETSI SCP is the telecoms spec for a more general purpose platform than the
GSM card specs. Try www.etsi.org and http://docbox.etsi.org/; if you have
problems sorting out which spec is which, give Scott Guthery a shout (go via
his comprehensive FAQ at http://www.scdk.com/atsfaq.htm).

Someone from the UK who is on the GP Technical Committee and now has some
time on his hands is Bill Reding ([EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 20 8991 9501).

And another attempt at handling more than one card platform type is the USA
GSC-IS (the generalised version of the military CAC spec), found on the USA
NIST web site http://smartcard.nist.gov/.

And, of course, MUSCLE people keep a close eye on the ATRs returned by
various card types. This isn't guaranteed to be a foolproof or entirely
stable way of identifying card platforms, but its the best that we have -
should be on the MUSCLE web site.

Peter

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Subject: Re: [Muscle] ISO 7816-4,5,6,8 - any resources?


>
> Thanks for your answer
> 1) 3 sets of detailed spec., where can I find them? BTW, is Multos still
an
> issue?
> 2) What is ETSI SCP?
>
> regards
>
> Vladimir Beker
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> On 01/12/2003 01:07:56 PM GMT "Peter Tomlinson" wrote:
> >
> >Unfortunately, most of the functions defined in 7816-4, etc, are optional

> -
> >and there is no method defined for finding the capabilities of the card.
> >There is a revision of 7816 under way at the moment (you can find a lot
of
> >the draft documents at my information site www.iosis.org, and any drafts
> >currently in the ballot phase will be at www.sc17.com ), but it has not
> >addressed the fundamental problems of the standard. The ISO/IEC SC17
crowd
> >are re-arranging deckchairs on a ship heading for the reefs.
> >
> >We currently have 3 sets of detailed specifications for smart card
> >platforms: 2 of them included in Global Platform (recognises Java and
> Multos
> >specifications), and the other is the ETSI SCP. GP specifies card
platform
> >recognition methods (but I doubt that any cards support this yet,
although
> I
> >hope someone will enlighten us). This is the way that the market will go,
> >gradually leaving the uncomfortable parts of 7816 behind.
> >
> >Peter
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 10:46 AM
> >Subject: [Muscle] ISO 7816-4,5,6,8 - any resources?
> >
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> To be honest, I find standard ISO 7616 (parts 4,5,6,8) were hard to
> >> understanding (probabaly I am not clever enough :-)
> >> I am not talking about spec. of particular card, but rather about
issues
> >> defined in the standard itself (such as secure messaging, IDO etc.). In
> >> particular, writing
> >> higher-level tools I am trying to separate code that can be written
> >> independently on the card type from those that must be card-specific.
> >> Just a small example to show what I am talking about: SELECT defines
> which
> >> tags may appear in responce, but does not say how to detect which of
> them
> >> are supported by particular card and therefore are to be expected in
the
> >> answer.
> >>
> >> Can someone recommend good sources of information (books, URLs,
> discussion
> >> groups) where I could get help on these issues?
> >> Thanks in advance
> >>
> >> Vladimir Beker
> >>
> >> Aladdin. Securing the Global Village.
> >> P.O. Box 11141,  Tel Aviv 61110 Israel
> >> Tel:   +972 3 636-2222; Fax: +972 3 537-5796
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