Hi all, Currently I am testing a PKCS#11 module. This module has been tested with Netscape 4.7x before trying Netscape 7.0, Mozilla 1.1, 1.2 and the latest nightly build.
With Netscape 4.79 (or IE 5.x) no problems arise when I use Client Authentication with either a PKCS#12 or SmartCard solution. However with any of the latest Mozilla powered browsers the client authentication is performed for every item on the secure page. Normally with a P12 this will not be such a big problem, just cache the master password and you would be al right. For a SmartCard solution however, this is not the case: the user is requested to enter his/her PIN for every item (or is it HTTP connection/reques?) made. This can be emulated for P12 software tokens by requesting the master password to be entered "Every time it is needed" in the preferences. Note too that disabling HTTP 1.1 will decrease the number of times the PIN has to be entered. Is this a known issue? I couldn't find it using Google or Google groups. It might have gone unnoticed due to the fact that Client Authentication + SmartCard + No PIN chaching is not used too much. Cheers, and thanks in advance, Warper PS. Testing of the (UTF-8) certificates for mail purposes went without a hitch. OCSP support and CRL checking seems to be working fine too.
