Dig deeper.
http://www.linuxnet.com/musclecard/index.html
Alessio wrote:
Hi Craig,
MUSCLE, which on SRS is ported as libpcsclite.so (which is a sort of
"wrapper" to use the sunray smartcard reader as PC/SC device), does
not allow to use the device to sign/encrypt - as far as i understood!
Indeed I've succesfully used libpcsclite.so within java to connect to
the srs smartcard reader and to send APDU commands to it... but this
is not enough to use it as device to sign data.
What I need is a pkcs11 provider (specific for that reader) to plug
into the JCA framework.
"The Sun PKCS#11 provider, in contrast to most other providers, does
not implement cryptographic algorithms itself. Instead, it acts as a
bridge between the Java JCA and JCE APIs and the native PKCS#11
cryptographic API [...] Cryptographic devices such as Smartcards and
hardware accelerators often come with software that includes a PKCS#11
implementation, which you need to install and configure according to
manufacturer's instructions."
"The software that is delivered along with the smart card usually
contains an implementation of the PKCS#11 standard for the specific
smart card and card reader. The implementation usually is a library
(.dll file in Windows or .so file in Linux and UNIX) that can be
loaded dynamically and can be used from all applications installed
locally." [2]
So my guess is that bundled with a smart card reader I usually get
from the vendor a library (.so and/or .dll) which implements a pkcs11
provider so that the device can be used for the pkcs#11 purposes
(=sing/encrypt)...
Then, is it available a pkcs11 library for the SRS smartcard reader?
DISCLAIMER: I know almost nothing about cryptography and smartcards,
so i may have misunderstood all the information i collected till now.
[1]
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/security/p11guide.html#P11Provider
[2] http://www.developer.com/security/article.php/3587361
2007/7/3, Craig Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Have you looked @ MUSCLE?
http://www.linuxnet.com/
Alessio wrote:
> hi all,
> does anyone know if it is available a pkcs11 library (as shared
> object) so that the smartcard reader of the DTU can be used as
> signature/encryption device (given a valid smartcard containing a
> certificate)?
>
> The only libs I found, related to the sun ray smartcard reader, are
> libpcsclite.so and libpcsc-srcom.so but they are NOT pkcs11 provider -
> so they are nolt useful for the above mentioned purposes (AFAIK).
>
> What I need is to load this pkcs11 provider/.so within java to access
> the reader to instrument sign & encryption commands.
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