On Monday, June 3, 2002, at 08:51  pm, R. Timothy Stewart wrote:

>
>       You might also check into a GemPlus card - their Java 2.1 card is 
> capable of
> running the MuscleCard applet.  I know nothing of their SDK, though - 
> maybe
> it is compatible with Linux.

The GemXpresso RAD III is compatible with Linux (it is full Java and I 
even got it to run on Mac OS X with a bit of tweaking). I believe it 
uses the standard converter from Sun to generate the cap file so you 
theoretically do not need the RAD provided that:
- you can get the .jar file related to your target card (to compile your 
applet),
- you find a spec describing the Key derivation mechanism and the 
default keys used by Gemplus (used in the OP loader),
- you can write the OP loader.

These points are not Gemplus specific, you would need the same things 
for any Javacard.

However, I would advise you to get the RAD as it comes with a 
debugger/simulator that you can integrate in Visual Cafe or JBuilder 
(you can get a free license for JBuilder for non commercial use). It 
also comes with the "Javacard Manager", an application to load/unload 
applets.

The card you could use is the GemXpresso 211PK which works with the 
Muscle card framework (the "project files" necessary to compile+load the 
Applet with the RAD should be in Dave's distribution).

Cheers,
JLuc.


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