Hi Carl , for what I know , I would say that if you want to decrypt /encrypt something on a smart card you have to use the PS/SC library and specially the crypto service manager it contains, so your code should call directly the PC/SC functions , and you ll support all readers made after 97 , then you can power up open a slot make a T0 transaction with the card .....

SO what the F**** mozilla and netscape ?? I think it 's more for authentification with a smartcard on a website or for signing a mail you send .... so all mime-types compliant browser should work , but I know it doesn t work with opera which is compliant however ....

LEt me know if this help you cos I m quite a newbie in PKI and crypto so I have to learn as well


CHeers




Le Thu, 15 Apr 2004 10:44:58 -0700, Carl Youngblood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit:

Hello all,
I'm new to smartcard technology and am trying to understand some of the
tools provided on the muscle website (linuxnet.com).  In the muscle
framework there is a project called PKCS11.  From what I've been able to
discover reading the beginning of RSA Security's PKCS11 documentation,
it is a generic API used by applications that wish to interface with
cryptographic devices like smart cards and other such stuff.  However,
when I examine the README in the PKCS11 project it says that the tested
platforms are Mozilla and Netscape, making it seem like the project is
specifically intended for use in web browsers.  Is this just because
those are the only platforms tested or because the project and/or API is
narrower in scope than I originally thought?

Basically, what I'm trying to figure out is at what level my code should
interface with my smart card reader.  Should I be calling the PC/SC lite
library directly or is there a better layer of abstraction to use that
will allow my application to be compatible with a wider range of readers
and to be more standards-compliant?

Thanks in advance for your time and effort in responding.

Regards,

Carl Youngblood



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