There is a workshop happening where webcrypto smart card access is being discussed:
http://www.w3.org/2012/webcrypto/webcrypto-next-workshop/Overview.html This is long term development. Right now I think you need to rely on plugins. Have a look at one of them (sorry for the name, this is targeting Chrome, similar exists for NPAPI): https://github.com/open-eid/chrome-token-signing -- Martin +372 515 6495 On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:30 AM, helpcrypto helpcrypto <helpcry...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ping? > > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 8:46 AM, helpcrypto helpcrypto <helpcry...@gmail.com >> wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> >> Sorry for resurrecting zombies (again). And sorry if this has been >> answered already (Too much work confuse my mind). >> >> >> As I have said before, in our organization we use a Java Applet to >> discover and use smartcards (vía PKCS#11) to be able to do batch document >> signage on web pages with our company card and eID. >> >> With the current (and coming) Java experiences, since a long time ago, we >> are looking for alternatives. >> >> Altough WebCrypto [1] looks like a great approach, the lack of access to >> smartcards make it impossible to use. >> WC Key Discovery [2] neither work for us, for the same reasons. >> Perhaps FIDO [3] could work, but as its not based on PKI, our current >> scenario can't work. >> Other approaches (like browsers invoking a java standalone application) >> doesnt seem to work either. >> >> >> Said so, seems a Firefox extension which enables communication from JS to >> PKCS#11 seems to be the only option. >> Am I right? Or -susprinsingly- something is going to do cryptography with >> smartcards? >> >> >> Can I do something like JSCryptoAPI -> extension -> PKCS#11? >> Has anyone done something similar? >> Can you point me to the correct URL to learn where to start? >> >> >> Thanks & Regards >> PS: Perhaps I should create a wiki about this... >> >> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/WebCryptoAPI/ >> [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/webcrypto-key-discovery/ >> [3] https://fidoalliance.org/ >> > -- > dev-tech-crypto mailing list > dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto -- dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
