i want to do some signing at some point but at this point i do not know
exactly how and i will still need to know the info from that
certificate. About the signing how exactly i should proceed? And the
ideea is i do not know the format of that certificate.
Assen Kolov wrote:
> >I want to be able to read info from the user
> > and card issuer to not just sign (i other words i have no ideea
> about
> > signing at this point)
>
> You do not need a smart card to do that. Parse the certificate with
> some tool or library on your computer. (openssl, KeyTools Lite are both
> free). If the certificate is on the card, first read it. PKCS#11 functions
> do not support that.
>
> Assen Kolov wrote:
>
>>> In a sense, it does mot matter. All you do with a certificate is:
>>> 1. Put it in a card (C_CreateObject(....))
>>> 2. Read it from the card (C_GetAttribute( ... CKA_VALUE)) and send it to
>>> whoever might be interested in it.
>>> There are no cryptograpic services performed on the card using the
>>> certificate. For that you have the private and public key stored
>>
>> separately.
>>
>>> As long you have a valid certificate and you are able to store it on the
>>> card and read the same data later, you have no worries.
>>>
>>> Assen
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Karl Scheibelhofer [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 12:20 PM
>>>> To: marilen; opencard
>>>> Subject: RE: [OCF] cert file
>>>>
>>>> that depends on the card. internally they may use any format they like.
>>>
>> to
>>
>>>> the outside world all of them i know use X509, but you need to convert
>>>
>> if
>>
>>>> yourself, if you read it using opencard (a pkcs#11 driver does that for
>>>> you). what card do you use?
>>>>
>>>> Karl
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: marilen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 2:47 PM
>>>>> To: opencard
>>>>> Subject: [OCF] cert file
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> does anybody knows which is the format in which a cert is stored on
>>>>
>> the
>>
>>>>> card? is it X509?
>>>>>
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