Carles,
Thanks for the response.
The more input I receive from "those in the know", the more I resign myself to
the following:
1) Choose a smart card vendor with good documentation
2) Read their manual
3) Following the example MFC card services, write similar services for my card
(using the card-specific APDUs)
4) Send the Java code I write to opencard so they can put it on their website
(so no one else has to go through the same headaches)
That said, does anyone have any recommendations on a vendor? I was going to use
the IBM MFC 4.21 cards (recommended in the book), but all of my email requests
to both IBM and ComCard have been ignored. I'm considering Gemplus (I have
their GCR410 reader already).
-Chris
Carles Barrobes wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> > What I think Karl and I want is the following:
> >
> > 1) Choose a smart card vendor
> > 2) Forget their manual, I want some example Java code that shows *one way*
> > of
> > using the on-card features from OCF
> > 3) Write my application around the vendor's choice
> > 4) Be happy with my ignorance of APDUs
> >
> > I understand in JavaCard that I communicate with my applet via APDUs. I
> > am
> > interested in JavaCard, but not for my current project (providing secure
> > ID
> > cards for our server product), where I only need to use the Signature and
> > KeyGeneration services.
> >
> Your only sensitive choice, given your requirements (you don't want to know
> about card internals), seems to be:
>
> 1) Choose a vendor that sells you a card with signature capabilities and
> *also* provides you with a standard OCF signature & key generation card
> services for its card (*)
> 2) Do your work only knowing OCF and never caring about the card...
>
> This is a reasonable approach, if you don't want to mess with card
> programming. Good luck with it, because you'll probably find very limited
> card vendor support at the moment (but more is likely to come soon). Let us
> know how many manufacturers can provide you with this, that would be
> interesting to find out.
>
> (*) You could always differentiate application & card vendors, provided you
> use an open programmable card like JavaCard. In this case, the vendor
> providing you with the application (Javacard applet) is the one that should
> provide you with the OCF CardService...
>
> Cheers,
> C A R L E S
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