[OCF] JCA provider based for OpenCard

2003-06-10 Thread Karl Scheibelhofer
hi all, some time ago we at IAIK built a JCA provider based on OpenCard. this allows accessing smart cards for signing using the usual Java API; e.g. Signature.getInstance( now we published this provider library under an Apache-style license as open-source software. this means, anyone

Re: [OCF] JCA provider based for OpenCard

2003-06-10 Thread Jon Barber
Well thanks to the folk at IAIK and Alan Kozlay it looks like we have some new stuff for OCF. What's the progress with setting up a repository so we can contribute further stuff ? At the moment I'm having to keep emails lying around to track everything. Can I help with setting up the

Re: [OCF] JCA provider based for OpenCard

2003-06-10 Thread Brian McGuiness
Jon Barber wrote: Can I help with setting up the repository at all ? Yes. I had just got to the stage where I had all the tools in place to load stuff up to the repository when I had to switch my PC from NT to W2K. So I lost all the tools and I haven't had the chance to sort them out again.

Re: [OCF] JCA provider based for OpenCard

2003-06-10 Thread Joseph Smith
www.javacard.info -- From: Brian McGuiness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OCF] JCA provider based for OpenCard Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 16:47:46 +0100 Jon Barber wrote: Can I help with setting up the repository at all ? Yes. I had ju

Re: [OCF] JCA provider based for OpenCard

2003-06-10 Thread Jon Barber
Joseph Smith wrote: I have a few questions for this new found interest in OCF Will it follow the original design of cardterminal/cardservices... and will it still use the PC/SC bridge or try some new Java platform port discovery mechanism ? ( ie, java terminals ). Also will this mechanism

Re: [OCF] JCA provider based for OpenCard

2003-06-10 Thread Joseph Smith
quot; here or there. As a matter of fact, I have agovernment agency,( thru bad design ) that ONLY supports USB terminals. From: Jon Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Joseph Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OCF] JCA provider based for OpenCard Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:25:42

Re: [OCF] JCA provider based for OpenCard

2003-06-10 Thread Jon Barber
Joseph Smith wrote: I know about general issues with Linux and USB, that's why I mentioned the Java USB support that was started some time ago. And the JPCSC I'm using is 0.7. I state it's mature because I know that the host side application I write that uses native implementation of PCSC