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On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 8:46 AM, helpcrypto helpcrypto <helpcry...@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
>
> Sorry for resurrecting zombies (again). And sorry if this has been
> answered already (Too much work confuse my mind).
>
>
> As I have said before, in our organization we use a Java Applet to
> discover and use smartcards (vía PKCS#11) to be able to do batch document
> signage on web pages with our company card and eID.
>
> With the current (and coming) Java experiences, since a long time ago, we
> are looking for alternatives.
>
> Altough WebCrypto [1] looks like a great approach, the lack of access to
> smartcards make it impossible to use.
> WC Key Discovery [2] neither work for us, for the same reasons.
> Perhaps FIDO [3] could work, but as its not based on PKI, our current
> scenario can't work.
> Other approaches (like browsers invoking a java standalone application)
> doesnt seem to work either.
>
>
> Said so, seems a Firefox extension which enables communication from JS to
> PKCS#11 seems to be the only option.
> Am I right? Or -susprinsingly- something is going to do cryptography with
> smartcards?
>
>
> Can I do something like JSCryptoAPI -> extension -> PKCS#11?
> Has anyone done something similar?
> Can you point me to the correct URL to learn where to start?
>
>
> Thanks & Regards
> PS: Perhaps I should create a wiki about this...
>
> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WebCryptoAPI/
> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/webcrypto-key-discovery/
> [3] https://fidoalliance.org/
>
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