Mike Meyer wrote: > "Philippe C. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Some. To continue clarifying: > > The phrase "cgi script" refers to a server-side script that is run in > response to the user clicking something on the client. That's what you > expect it to be, right? > Yes, the cgi script on the server side hooks up to the local (server) smart card
> Do you expect the plugin to display a form? Or to ouput a form that > the client will display? No, I want of all the "html" stuff to be handled by the server > > You've got lots of stuff going on here. I count at least five programs > and three network connections. How much is working, and which parts > are you trying to do in Python? I am starting from existing applications (cross-platform - and in python 99% ) that work even through tcp-ip (sockets). I am just trying to apply them to a web environement. So prior to any user interaction with the page, I need some data exchange between the plugin and the server (authentication). So _if_ (I'm a web newbie) the server and the clien(plugin) could exchange data through some form field, my prototype would be much further along. Here is a small picture: Smart Card <-> driver <-> cgi <-> apache ...... [NET]........ browser <-> plugin <-> driver <-> Smart Card Regards, Philippe > > <mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list