Ah well,
Not the answer I was hoping for....but it is an answer !
Thanks again
Alan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Guthery [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, 17 March, 2000 5:02 PM
> To: Alan Alie
> Subject: Re: [OCF] Talking to PKCS#11 cards with OCF
>
> No.
>
> Frameworks such as OCF try to hide
> card differences but don't, particularly
> in the area of cryptography and PKI.
>
> Cheers, Scott
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alan Alie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: OpenCard Discussion Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 10:26 AM
> Subject: [OCF] Talking to PKCS#11 cards with OCF
>
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Yet another plea for help from another newcomer !
> >
> > Recently I have been investigating OpenCard and the OCF for my company.
> > After presenting my initial report I was asked the following question:
> >
> > A third party (Company X) issues cryptographic smart cards using its own
> > issuing s/w and this s/w uses a PKCS#11 API to write to these cards.
> Then
> we
> > (Company Y) produce an application that communicates to smart cards
> using
> > the OCF. Can we use OCF's SignatureCardService to access the
> cryptographic
> > functions of the cards issued by Compnay X?
> >
> > This is a simple but fundamental question that has been put to me and I
> have
> > not seen a clear YES or NO answer yet. Can anyone help?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> >
> > Alan S. Alie
> >
> > NetLexis Limited
> > Tel: +44 (0)1628 470900 (Switchboard)
> > Solutions for Secure Electronic Commerce
> > For more information, please visit our web site http:\\www.netlexis.com
> or
> > contact NetLexis direct.
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> > Disclaimer: I don't speak for NetLexis.
> > NetLexis doesn't speak for me.....it is better that way!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
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