Hi, Maria Indeeva

PKCS#11 is a set of specification of interface. Maybe there is no
defined module, except for PKCS#11 self.

In development, you should write detailed implementations of all
interface, like GPKCS11 project.

2001-12-09 11:13:00��
>Hello,
>
>It is not the first time as I can read the messages where you mention about
>pkcs#11 standard implementation. I couldn't find any information about it on
>www.linuxnet.com.
>Does really this implementation for Linux platform exist? If there is this
>pkcs#11 module for Muscle cards, where I can find it?
>
>Best regards,
>Maria Indeeva
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "David Corcoran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 6:41 PM
>Subject: MUSCLE Re: PKS-11 (BOUNCE)
>
>
>> From: Tommaso Cucinotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: MUSCLE musclecard architecture
>>
>> Dr S N Henson wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm not sure I follow this. PKCS#11 implementations have been written
>> > with no certificate handling at all: that is they just blindly store
>> > them as an opaque blob with a set of attributes provided by the
>> > application.
>>
>> Just as a note: MuscleCard PKCS#11 (and other SmartSign PKCS#11) do
>> interpret
>> some of the certificate fields (i.e. to set CKA_SUBJECT). They also
>> extract
>> the public key and expose it to the app. I don't know if this is useful
>> at
>> all, as the only thing an app should look at is the cert itself (as it
>> is
>> the only signed object).
>> Another useful thing (that is not actually done) would be checking if
>> the prv key on the card matches the public one in the cert...
>>
>> > 1. The card doesn't support the full range of algorithms: say RSA only,
>> > no DSA or DES, 3DES.
>> > 2. The card is read only: you can't create or delete objects at all.
>> >
>> > These could presumably be handled by some "query capabilities" function
>> > or similar. Does such a thing exist under MuscleCard or would an
>> > application have to interpret SW_UNSUPPORTED_FEATURE return codes?
>>
>> Next release of MCardAPI and CardEdge protocol will have further
>> informations returned with GetStatus() command. One of the already
>> defined info is the crypto capability of the card, so you would answer
>> to question #1. "read-only" could also be another capability, we will
>> eventually think of it.... other capabilities that would result useful ?
>>
>> Bye,
>>         Tommaso.
>>
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