On 2010-07-18 13:34, Anders Rundgren wrote:
> On 2010-07-18 18:49, Stef Walter wrote:
> 
>>
>> The missing piece is a common standard for specifying which PKCS#11
>> modules for an application to load.
> 
> This is not what Microsoft and Apple offers.
> 
> They offer a directory of providers.  If apps want to
> discriminate against certain providers they can do that
> based on provider name, capabilities, or through user selection.
> If there is a need for local provider config, it is a part of the
> application.
> 
> I don't say that what you asking for is wrong, but it seems
> that you want to architect it in another way than MSFT
> and APPL did.

Yes that's correct. We're architecting it in a more flexible way, one
that allows diversity of crypto libraries and can be adapted to varying
security needs.

Cheers,

Stef
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