Re: MUSCLE applications?
Hello, I have a few killer PKI related apps in mind but have to finish PC/SC first. It is in it's final stages. Thanks Dave On Mon, 01 Mar 1999, Morten Norman wrote: >I'm just curious... > >Are there any people writing PC/SC smartcard *applications* for Linux yet? > >My experience from smartcard development, so far, is that some big actor(s) >decides to use the technology. Then they launch "it all": application + >reader + smartcard + infrastructure (card issuing, contracts etc.). PC/SC >and multivendor projects are changing things, but rather slow. > >Thus I'm very curious to see how things are going to develop the "Linux way", >where things more or less grows step-by-step, but fast (if they are accepted). > >Are there any potential killer applications for Linux in the pipeline? >Will we mainly port or adopt things from other platforms, or make new >applications targeted to be accepted by individuals or small groups? > >Morten > >*** >Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. >(Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) >http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html >*** -- ** David Corcoran Internet Security/Smartcards Work:School: 205 Industrial Blvd 2252 US Highway 52 West Apt C4 Sugar Land, TX 77478 West Lafayette, IN 47906 Quotes: If it's a hobby for us and a job for you, then why are you doing such a shoddy job (Microsoft) ? ~ Linus Torvalds If you can't make it work, at least make it look good. ~ Bill Gates ** *** Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html ***
Re: MUSCLE applications? (was: Re: Bouncer)
>Single sign-on on Linux would be a valuable application. >The market for this application is huge especially when >the migration from NT to Linux becomes a stampede. > >Dennis Wier This gives some hope! There already is a demonstration PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) application in MUSCLE! I guess someone will extend it when it's "application time". My experience of PAM is almost nil, but as I understand, most Linuxes already uses it. It's just that it asks for a password in the default setup. Was it plug'n play they called it? :-) /Morten *** Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html ***
Re: MUSCLE applications?
On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Dennis Wier wrote: > Killer application of the (near) future would be > when ADSL is really launched and people start downloading > video. Like single sign-on, they will be tired of > punching in their credit card, so smartcard will > be the choice. But, the readers would likely have to > be both swipe plus smartcard, plus probably pin > so that legacy credit cards could be used. There is > ecash and ecommerce where every click on every > icon gets to nibble on your bank account too. > This is (fortunately) not yet, but it could > 'drive' development of smart cards. > > That's just one possibility. But this depends on > credit card companies issuing smart cards. But they > are sitting on some billion magnetic stripe cards > so there is no reason to change, yet. Credit card > companies have developed (their) applications using the > smart card. The problem is standards. In France, we already use smartcards for banking, since about 10 years... And since a few months, we've got at least 2 systems for electronic commerce, using smartcards. One is only valid for French customers and French merchants, the other is SET compliant, but can use the French smartcard to authenticate. -- Erwann ABALEA System and Development Engineer - Certplus SA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +33 1 34 38 29 50 *** Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html ***
Re: MUSCLE applications?
I thought I would put my 2 cents in. Killer application of the (near) future would be when ADSL is really launched and people start downloading video. Like single sign-on, they will be tired of punching in their credit card, so smartcard will be the choice. But, the readers would likely have to be both swipe plus smartcard, plus probably pin so that legacy credit cards could be used. There is ecash and ecommerce where every click on every icon gets to nibble on your bank account too. This is (fortunately) not yet, but it could 'drive' development of smart cards. That's just one possibility. But this depends on credit card companies issuing smart cards. But they are sitting on some billion magnetic stripe cards so there is no reason to change, yet. Credit card companies have developed (their) applications using the smart card. The problem is standards. I suppose someone could develop an ad hoc standard as a 'cash' card for downloading porno movies ... don't laugh, development of killer apps sometimes takes exactly that form, and then the standard is adopted and legitimized. Dennis Wier >I'm just curious... > >Are there any people writing PC/SC smartcard *applications* for Linux yet? > >My experience from smartcard development, so far, is that some big actor(s) >decides to use the technology. Then they launch "it all": application + >reader + smartcard + infrastructure (card issuing, contracts etc.). PC/SC >and multivendor projects are changing things, but rather slow. > >Thus I'm very curious to see how things are going to develop the "Linux way", >where things more or less grows step-by-step, but fast (if they are accepted). > >Are there any potential killer applications for Linux in the pipeline? >Will we mainly port or adopt things from other platforms, or make new >applications targeted to be accepted by individuals or small groups? > >Morten > >*** >Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. >(Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) >http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html >*** > > *** Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html ***
MUSCLE applications?
I'm just curious... Are there any people writing PC/SC smartcard *applications* for Linux yet? My experience from smartcard development, so far, is that some big actor(s) decides to use the technology. Then they launch "it all": application + reader + smartcard + infrastructure (card issuing, contracts etc.). PC/SC and multivendor projects are changing things, but rather slow. Thus I'm very curious to see how things are going to develop the "Linux way", where things more or less grows step-by-step, but fast (if they are accepted). Are there any potential killer applications for Linux in the pipeline? Will we mainly port or adopt things from other platforms, or make new applications targeted to be accepted by individuals or small groups? Morten *** Linux Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/smartcard/index.html ***
