Hi Marcello, I do not really think, this has anything to do with James. You should probably check up with IAIK instead, when you plan to use their S/MIME implementation.
But that said here is what I happen to know. As an alternative to IAIK take a look at bouncycastle.org, which provide a first class opensource S/MIME implementation. (Remember IAIK is not free) Your main concern left are the PKCS#11 access, last time I looked there where no free bridges between JCE and PKCS#11, I know only of the IAIK implementation and also an IBM alphaworks implementation. But that is going to change with the JDK 1.5, which comes with such a beast. Also note that the link you found is from 2002 so things may have changed, check IAIK's news archive on NNTP - news.iaik.at group jce.general. If you do not wait for JDK 1.5, and IAIK has not extended their JCA/JCE provider to encompass their PKCS11Wrapper, you will need to implement you own provider as explained in the mail you found. Notice: that if you also implement cipher algorithms it is technically a JCE and not a JCA provider you are implementing, this means that, if you use Java 1.4 (or later), the provider needs to be signed by a key certified by SUN, and depending on your deadline, it might be a good idea to apply for that certificate well in advance as it takes some time to get it (the procedure involves surfacemail to SUN in the US). regards S�ren On Thursday 18 March 2004 12:37, Marcello Marangio wrote: > Hi all. > I'm trying to build an S/MIME message using a smartcard reader (or a HSM) > via PKCS11 interface. > It seems that there is a sort of incompatibility between the IAIK SMIME lib > and the PKCS11Wrapper/Provider lib. > I found this message: > http://jce.iaik.tugraz.at/mailarchive/iaik-jce/msg01775.html > > Were there progress about this matter? > Can anyone tell me the correct approach to settle this thing up? > > Thanks > Marcello > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- S�ren Hilmer, M.Sc. R&D manager Phone: +45 70 27 64 00 TietoEnator IT+ Fax: +45 70 27 64 40 Ved Lunden 12 Direct: +45 87 46 64 57 DK-8230 �byh�j Email: soren.hilmer <at> tietoenator.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
