I think the answer to my question is yes, but here it is: If I confine myself to using the tools that are freely available from the Muscle group, is it necessary to use Windows to load the muscle applet onto a card?
Thanks, Carl Youngblood On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 14:52:42 -0500, David Corcoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I posted this message below a bit over a week ago and now have the > timeline ironed out. Anyone who wishes to > test a pre-release of the below packages send me an email at: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the subject: REQUEST MUSCLE > BETA. > > Everything works like it should now and comes in a nice MSI installer > but it would be nice to iron out any usability issues with some beta > testers. We will make the web release on July 21st. Anything before > that, just send an email and I'll send you a copy ..... > > When you get the package you will first have to use the applet manager > to load the musclecard applet, then you can begin using your java card. > For certificates, I usually use Thawte or Verisign, but I will be > standing up a Windows 2003 CA on the IdentityAlliance server for people > to get free certs in the future ..... > > Thanks, > Dave > > Over the next few weeks we will be releasing some new packages for > Windows > 2000/XP that include support for the latest MuscleCard framework. Here > are some of the capabilities that you can expect: > > - Applet management client for MuscleCard applet > - ability to load, delete, isntantiate and manage keys on > Schlumberger 64k, Gemplus 64k, and IBM JCOP Java Cards using GP > this will be done over a remote SSL connection and will be available > via a connection to a remote server > > - CSP/CAPI support to register for certificates using many CA's > - Outlook signing/decryption support > - Windows login > - IE authentication > > - PKCS#11 support for Mozilla > > In essence, one will be able to take an off the shelf card (mentioned > above) - load the MuscleCard applet and use it to register for > certificates using IE or Mozilla and then use them for login, email, web > authentication, and other applications. > > Once configured, this card can be used with the MuscleCard framework > then > on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, and others by building the framework > provided > in the pcsc-lite-1.2.0 source tree and other modules on alioth. > > We will provide the ability to use this for personal use by default > (non-distribution) and then a registration model for using this in a > corporate or for profit manner. > > Feel free to post any questions on this to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Thanks, > Dave > > ************************************************************************ > ***** > David Corcoran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Identity Alliance [http://www.identityalliance.com] > Smart Cards, Biometrics, Training, Identity Management > ************************************************************************ > ***** > > > _______________________________________________ Muscle mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.drizzle.com/mailman/listinfo/muscle
