On Apr 29, 2010, at 11:03 , Viktor TARASOV wrote: > 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 ? That would be a nice idea. But there's no (AFAIK) set standard or requirements (other than what I know from online signature plugin requirements in Estonia) for such an API. Don't know if JCE would fit in the picture, maybe something lightweight, similar to PKCS#11 would be a good idea.
There are two implementations of PKCS#15 parsing that could work on top of javax.smartcardio, one from opensc-java and one from javacardsign host side component [1]. A unified "PKCS#15 ASN.1 Java package" on top of javax.smartcardio could do miracles, including initialization/enrollment over web. [1] http://www.opensc-project.org/opensc/wiki/Java#PKCS15inJava -- Martin Paljak http://martin.paljak.pri.ee +3725156495 _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
