Martin Paljak wrote:
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 08:43 , gilles Bernabé wrote:
>   
>> Oh  interesting, but Java is much more heavy, if I remember correctly the 
>> Java plugin(JRE + JDK) is more than 40mb, the XPCOM plugin just takes some 
>> kb once installed.
>>     
>
> The ups and downs of Java have been interesting, but these days, with 1.6 
> supporting javax.smartcardio it has become quite sexy - no need for locally 
> installed software or scary JNI bridges (like PKCS#11) so it is possible to 
> implement card access software entirely inside and applet so that nothing 
> needs to be installed on the client side. And of course - applets work almost 
> in every browser whereas XPCOM does not. 
>   

You mean to place 'light' (but fully functional) OpenSC into the applet ?

We could also imagine OpenSC with some pseudo-reader, running on some 
distant server  and accessing card in a remote manner through the little 
card access applet .

> BTW, NPAPI is a much better framework for a browser plugin that would work on 
> more browsers. Or check out Firebreath [1]
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/firebreath/
>   


-- 
Viktor Tarasov  <viktor.tara...@opentrust.com>

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