On Tue, Oct 28 2003 (18:25:00 -0500), Derrick Kearney wrote: > 1) I would like to create a few dedicated files on my smart card. Is > writing a program and following the MUSCLE API the only way to > personalize smart cards or is it possible to do this through > muscleTool or xcard?
There are several ways for doing this. You might use pcsc-lite in order to send suitable commands (APDUs) to the card, which is the "low-level" approach. Or you might prefer using an abstract API like MuscleCard. > 2) When keys are created on a Cryptoflex smart card, how are they stored > on the card? Are the stored in elementary files? If so, is it a > linear, transparent, cyclic or other type of file? This information can be found in the card manual, try searching Google for "Cryptoflex Manual". IIRC the key files are of the transparent EF type. However, you may determine the type of a particular file by calling the "Dir Next" or "Get Response" commands, which are also documented in the card manual. > 3) Are there any muscle applications I can use to see the file systems > structure of the smart card? I understand there is a opensc-explorer > tool which can be used to do this under opensc tools, I was wondering > if there were others? opensc-explorer exists and AFAIK it is the only free command-line tool available today. There is also a simple tool called "pcsclient" bundled with PCSC-ruby [1], but it can send APDUs only. Cheers Toni [1] http://soth.at/PCSC-ruby _______________________________________________ Muscle mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.musclecard.com/mailman/listinfo/muscle
