[SmartcardServices-Users] Java and CAC

[Miller, Timothy J.]

I don't have experience with it, but it seems like the Apple Keychain JCE would be an alternative.

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>[mailto:smartcardservices-users-bounces at lists.macosforge.org] On Behalf Of
>Peter Walsh
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>Subject: [SmartcardServices-Users] Java and CAC
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>REPOSTING
>
>No response the first time so trying one more time
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>
>The new SmartCardsService 2.0 is great. Works like a champ for us in a DoD
>environment.
>
>We are tying to get back to a point where we can use our CACs with Java, with
>a specific goal of using jsvn with Forge.mil.
>
>For a while were able to do a jsvn and CoolKeys combo. We would have to
>add the PKCS11 security provider to Java and it would point to the
>/usr/libexec/SmartCardServices/pkcs11/tokendPKCS11.so. Then there was a
>brief window where the Apple supplied Java eliminated the need for
>CoolKeys. That was short lived as I think it was lost in the shift to 64-bit Java.
>
>In Mavericks with SmartCardServices 2.0, is there a PKCS11 provider that we
>can point to? The SCardServices and SCardTokend page refers to a
>tokendPKCS11.so shim but we don't see it installed anywhere. Are we missing
>something? Or do we still need a third party piece? FWIW, in our testing
>OpenSC is only working for some tasks (e.g. keytool) and only with debug
>enabled; CoolKeys isn't readily available, is 32 bit  only and hasn't been
>updated in a while.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Peter Walsh
>Jackpine Technologies, Inc.
>peter.walsh at jackpinetech.com
>c. 617/816-6001
>
>
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