You can think about using pkcs11 java library instead of opencard.
pkcs11 is an interface to external hardware security token, be it a smart
card or some oher device.
The operations you are interested in are quite simple to implement. I've
seen them working with GemSAFE.
Assen Kolov
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Fahey [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:30 PM
> To: OpenCard
> Subject: [OCF] WHY ISNT THIS SIMPLE? GemPlus, OCF and PKI
>
> Can anyone tell me how to do a REALLY simple thing?
>
> I am writting a java based application that requires ONLY the PKI
> funcationality of a smartcard, i.e. I only want to digitally sign a
> document and decrypt a document using JAVA, the RSA algorithm and a
> smartcard. I have two types of cards, a GemXpresso 211PKis card, and a
> GPK8000 card and according to Gemplus these won't do what I want. Can I
> even do this with ANY GEMPLUS product? My head is just spinning from
> talking with the Gemplus people telling me I can't do it with GemSafe I
> need
> GemXpresso but now that I have it they say I can't do it without building
> the functionality myself or waiting until the Xpresso card has an applet
> that makes it look like a GPK8000 card but that just brings me back to
> square one.
>
> Has anyone just use Java and a Gemplus smart card to just perform digital
> signatures or decryption?
>
> With that said, does anyone have a better suggestion for a smart card to
> use
> with Java?
>
> Christopher Fahey
> WareOnEarth Communications Inc.
>
>
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