Thanks Jim, From all I hear, it looks like the client authentication will have tobe made "on the side of the browser", between the server and a specific program running on the client. Not as nice but ....
Regards, Philippe On Friday 15 April 2005 08:52 am, James Carroll wrote: > I don't think Jython will help much here... you would have to embed > jython in your applet which makes it big, which makes it take longer > to download... (or you could install it ahead of time on each client.) > > I asked my friend who did some smartcard authentication at a previous > job... and in his case the card had an LCD readout that gave a > different key every minute, and the user had to look at that number, > and type it in for access. To automate this, with a card reader, > there could be a (barcoder-scanner-like) app on each client that would > emulate typing on the keyboard when the card was read. The user would > have to click on a text field, then scan their card and the number > would show up automatically. One step further... some javascript > could possibly get the keyboard events as long as the page had input > focus, and if it sees a smart-card key like sequence of keystrokes, > then submit a form from a hidden IFrame.... > > So, short of writing your own plug-in extension for each different > browser, I'm not sure you're going to be able to access the client > hardware from a client-side web page. Either way (plug-in or java > applet with privileges) your user will have to agree to give access to > the hardware. > > -Jim > > On 4/15/05, Philippe C. Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Neil, > > > > Would Jpython let me do that ? > > Would java let me call an external Python script - which in turn would > > access my device ? > > > > Thanks > > > > Philippe > > > > Neil Hodgson wrote: > > > Philippe: > > >> Since I need to access a local/client device from the page and > > >> that I wish to be cross-platform; does that mean Java is my only > > >> way out ? > > > > > > Java is designed to be safe and not allow access to client devices. > > > There is a mechanism where you can attempt to ask for permission from > > > Java but it looked complex to me and I doubt many browsers will > > > cooperate. They have often locked security down to prevent this sort of > > > access. > > > > > > Neil > > > > -- > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- ************************************* Philippe C. Martin SnakeCard, LLC www.snakecard.com +1 405 694 8098 ************************************* -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
