On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Erwann ABALEA wrote:

> PKCS#15 is not enough. It only focuses on how the objects are stored in
> the card (file numbers, key formats, ...), but not how to do a signature,
> a decipherment, and others.
> 
> We must wait for an enhancement of the ISO7816 to define these as well as
> they define the standard calls to read, write, erase, ...

Actually, the commands you mentioned are already defined in ISO7816-8.
There are some proprietary fields left on the APDU's specified in
ISO7816-8 though. AFAIK, the abstraction level in PKCS#15 is that high on
purpose.

--
Juha


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