Hi Subrata,
Thanks for responding. I checked the links you sent. I am calling the
function pkcs11.addmodule(modname, path, 0,0); for loading the module.
The path of the dllfile is the extension folder say for eg:
C:\Users\AKS\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\oiy8ehzb.default\extensions\{22e46b7c-3348-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66}\components\acospkcs11.dll
When i install the extension,restart firefox, the module gets loaded
and i am able to use it. But if i close the browser and reopen it, i am
not able to find the module. Do you have any idea why this happens?
If the path is C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\components\acospkcs11.dll
it loads without any problem and is available persistently.
But i want the path to be the former one.
I would appreciate your help, i have been stuck on this for more than 2
months..
Thanks,
Akkshayaa
Subrata Mazumdar wrote:
> Hi Akkshayaa,
> The Device Manager in Mozilla PSM registers the PKCS#11 module
> persistently with the browser's Module-DB.
> You might want to compare your code with Mozilla PSM Device Manager code
> for loading PKCS#11 module :
>
> http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/manager/pki/resources/content/device_manager.js#459
>
> http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/security/manager/ssl/src/nsCrypto.cpp#3017
>
>
> BTW, once PKCS#11 module is registered, browser will automatically load
> the module every time you open the browser.
> Your add-on need not load it.
> --
> Subrata Mazumdar
>
> Akkshayaa Venkatram wrote:
>> Hi
>> I am a new member to this group.
>> I am developing a firefox addon for which i am using smart card bundle
>> and the opensc.dll
>> The addon that i am creating has the opensc.dll in the components
>> folder of the extension and everytime the extension is installed, the
>> security module gets loaded into the firefox browser. This works fine
>> during every new installation. But when i close firefox window and try
>> reopening it, i can only see the place holder for the security module
>> but the actual module is missing, which doesn't let me use the smart
>> card.
>>
>> Can i someone help me figure out where the problem is? I was wondering
>> if any flag has to be set in the dll to make the loaded module
>> persistent. However, if i try to load the opensc.dll from C:\program
>> files or any other stable location, it persists and doesn't get
>> removed. But i don't want the module to exist when the firefox
>> extension is removed and hence want to load the module from the
>> extension folder.
>>
>> Hoping to receive a reply..
>> Thanks in advance
>>
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