Iain,
Correct - the MuscleCard support for OpenSC actually places a PKCS#15
structure on the MuscleCard applet's filesystem (single level)
libmusclecard, the plugins, and the PKCS#11 module for MuscleCard
could then be phased out over time - placing the multi-card support
under
the OpenSC PKCS#11 module.
This makes the most sense since the Muscle framework, applet, etc was
designed for JavaCards only and OpenSC is a bit more generic.
Thanks,
Dave
On Nov 26, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Iain MacDonnell wrote:
Andreas Jellinghaus wrote on 11/26/06 02:12 PM:
Iain MacDonnell wrote:
The "muscletest" tool that is built with libmusclecard (but not
installed anywhere by default - find it in src/.libs) will
list objects,
thanks, will have a look.
but I'm not sure how the PKCS#15 files for OpenSC
get implemented as MuscleCard objects... is there a 1:1 mapping?
directories get the object id of the dir name, files the object
id of the dir+file name. so it somehow emulates a real filesystem.
muscleTool should be able to list objects too...
http://muscleapps.alioth.debian.org/
ok, thanks.
Those are plugins for libmusclecard - if libmusclepkcs11 is
obsolete,
then libmusclecard may be too (if there's no PKCS#11 interface,
it's not
of much value, IMO).
no, the idea is to merge opensc and muscle, to have one library
that can speak to all smart cards. applications can use
opensc-pkcs11 then. I think it is better to have one firefox and
ssh and pam module that can use opensc-pkcs11 that works with many
cards, then to have specialised software for some cards only.
My point is that if we're going to use OpenSC, libmusclecard (and
associated plugins) are no longer of any value. OpenSC's support for
MuscleCards doesn't use libmusclecard (AFAIK?).
easier for users and distributions at least I think.
CFlexPlugin is (was?) for *Crypto*Flex, not CyberFlex.
ah, thanks. I didn't know you could put plugins on cryptoflex
cards at all. (it is meant to be loaded on the card, right?)
No, the plugins don't go on the card - they are to libmusclecard what
"card drivers" are to OpenSC - MCardPlugin knows how to talk to
JavaCards with the MuscleCard plugin, CFlexPlugin knows how to talk to
CryptoFlex cards and AuthICPlugin knows how to talk to Oberthur
AuthentIC cards.
~Iain
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