On 2009-08-27 22:47 PDT, Medha Kulkarni wrote: > We want to develop a CSP using pkcs#11 for smart card. But we do not > have any smart card setup with us. Can we get some sort of smart card > simulator to test out PKCS APIs?
I'm not really sure what you're trying to do, but I think maybe you're trying to develop a CSP that will work with windows CAPI but will provide all the actual cryptographic functionality and key and certificate storage by interfacing to an underlying PKCS#11 module. Is that it? Below, I will assume that is what you are trying to do. Of course, that seems to beg the question: if you have no smart card and reader to use, why are you trying to do this? > Also, as there is Microsoft RSA Base Provider that is included with the > operating system, on similar lines, is there any standard CSP based on > PKCS#11? I think you're asking if there already exists a CSP that uses an underlying PKCS#11 module. I'm not aware of any. Most vendors of smart cards support both PKCS#11 and MS CAPI/CSP separately. > One more question, is it possible to use PKCS#11 functions to encrypt, > decrypt, and digitally sign data without smart card playing any role in it? Yes, it is possible to have a PKCS#11 module that does everything in software using "virtual" slots and "virtual" tokens. NSS includes such a module. Every Firefox browser uses it. > It will be really helpful if we get answers to any of these questions. -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
