> It is possible to write a SSP for MuscleCard API to talk to PKCS-15 cards > take much time but just some good thought. Again, the API is simplest > when using JavaCards ....
Well, Javacards may be nice and all, but for instance here in Finland we will not be seeing any significant Javacard activity in the near future (perhaps the DVB-T will do something to help with that, but I don't know the exact card type used in the MHP STBs) because the government and the few commercial CA's operating here do not use them. We are quite committed to Setec-style PKCS#15 -profiled cards with integrated crypto-processors and 16kb of memory and SWIMs/USIMs in the mobile side. I'd be very happy if something as universal as possible will emerge some day out of muscle that will support both java- and cpu/storage cards in a unified architecture with a standard API like PC/SC to use. This way the card operations will be abstracted out of the application developers faces and propably result in more support for smart cards in general. As it stands currently there are virtually no proper references on how to work with SC's (except the muscle docs & source) and the card manufacturers are quite thight lipped about their OS's & command sets. SDK's cost a fortune or are entirely unavailable to private persons. My €0.02, Raymond *************************************************************** Unix Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/ To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe sclinux ***************************************************************
