Jim Dray wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am interested in writing Java(TM) applications/applets that
> access cryptographic services on smart cards. OCF provides a
> number of interfaces to cryptographic services in opencard.core
> and opencard.opt., and CardService implementers can extend
> these interfaces to accomodate various card capabilities.
> There are many example Java applications that use these
> interfaces directly.
>
> However, it seems to make more sense for Java applications to
> use the higher level cryptographic interfaces of the JCA/JCE
> whenever possible since these are a core part of the Java
> security architecture. The obvious way to do this is to
> construct cryptographic service provider packages that serve as
> bridges between the CipherSPI of JCA/JCE and different OCF
> CardService implementations.
>
> At the RSA 2000 conference last week I asked Jan Luehe
> (Sun/JavaSoft) if he knew of any efforts along these lines, and
> he said that he did not. I find this surprising, since JCA/JCE
> are the standard Java crypto APIs, and OCF is the preferred
> mechanism for talking to smart cards in Java (including those
> with cryptographic capabilities). Is anyone aware of attempts
> to build JCA/JCE compliant CSPs that use OCF CardService
> interfaces?
I've implemented a simple Cryptographic Package Provider (CPP) which
uses JCA/JCE. The CPP implements (by the use of the MFC 4.0, and OCF)
signature generation and verification. The CPP can then by dynamically
loaded and used in any Java application.
kind regards
/Martin
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