[to Dave: seek "Dave" at the end of this post] Mike,
>> I wrote my programs in Java using OpenCard >> Framework (OCF) in order to be cross-platform. I'm >> trying to use the provided OCF "drivers" of the SUN >> internal reader but when I begin to exchange APDUs >> with the card, it suddenly doen't work anymore. Do >> you know if this OCF driver is ok or have you any >> one newer better? > OCF (that is bundled with Solaris) does not have any > public, officially supported APIs. The supported API > for the OCF/SCF stack in Solaris is SCF. ok, it's clear now. > Did you write to the OCF APIs or to the Java SCF > APIs? I just used sendAPDU method from OCF APIs. I tried to deal with SCF PCSClite shim but failed (no documentation provided). >> I wanted to ask something about card to somebody >> from SUN: I tried to use a Gemplus reader with OCF >> under Solaris (as claimed compatible on >> Gemplus'website) and obtained unexpecting err msg. >> I asked Gemplus techies who replied "SUN provided >> us the OCF driver, ask them!" Have you any email >> address to provide me to ask such thing? > Solaris' OCF does not support non-Sun Card Terminal > Drivers (OK, I know it's the *Open* Card Framework, > but we took a very early snapshot of OCF 1.0 back in > 1998 or so and never really updated it, so I'm not > ever sure what CT APIs might be missing). I explained in a bad way. I don't use "Solaris'OCF" but Gemplus OCF driver, a Java .jar file (as all OCF drivers) which use serial port whatever the operating system used. Unfortunatelly, it requires a configuration file, opencard.properties, obviously different (serial port part) under Windows, Linux or Solaris. I made it working under Windows and Linux but Solaris. So, when I asked Gemplus for Solaris support they replied they don't provide Solaris support, and they said their OCF driver was written and provided by SUN (??), so I had to ask SUN. So, is there anybody who successfully already used a serial Gemplus reader with OCF under Solaris, who could send me the line within opencard.properties about the reader? > If you just want to do APDU exchanges with the > internal reader, use SCF (C or Java) or the PC/SC-SCF > shim. ok, understood, but what a pity to not be able to use the provided OCF driver. >> PS: you should provide a INSTALL.TXT with the shim >> file. My favourite sysadmin needed nearly a full >> day to install the package, and finally installed, >> we didn't know how to use it :) > Well, the shim is not distributed by Sun, it's > distributed by the MUSCLE folks, so hopefully Dave > will see this e-mail and can respond. or anybody else, who successfully used this file and could provide such INSTALL.TXT > What issues did you have? I would like: - use the provided SUN internal reader, - use the already written programs. as it seems not being possible, I'll first try to use the already written programs with an external serial reader (if I obtain help with Gemplus serial reader with OCF under Solaris), and if it doesn't work I'll investigate to modify the programs in order to make them working with another framework (scf, whatever). Best regards, ss __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ _______________________________________________ Muscle mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.musclecard.com/mailman/listinfo/muscle
