Re: [Globalplatform-users] instruments for applet upload using gpshell

[ehsan t. <eh_...@ya...>]

thanks for the answer.
but about the end of the answer:

Sim cards are smart cards and the most of them are also java card. Applets can be written to them and these applets can use many of(maybe all) of the gsm capabilities.

you can see gemalto's forum(the main smart card manufacturer):
http://developer.gemalto.com/nc/forums.html

--- On Mon, 27/10/08, Karsten Ohme <kar...@go...> wrote:
From: Karsten Ohme <kar...@go...>
Subject: Re: [Globalplatform-users] instruments for applet upload using gpshell
To: eh_...@ya...
Cc: glo...@li...
Date: Monday, 27 October, 2008, 1:26 AM

Hi,

ehsan taheri schrieb:
> hello
> I want to by a smart card and a sim card and try to load my java applets 
> in it and I have some questions.
> 
> I know that the smart card communication protocol is APDU.
> I have heard many other names such as global platform, open platform, 
> OCF, PC/SC and ...
> I think these must be protocols and APIs for the communication between 
> PC and Smart card.
> 
> Now I don't really know what kind of smart card and reader I need to
buy.
> 
> I have found one smart card available in my country. it supports : ISO 
> 7816, 

ISO 7816 is a ciommunication protocol defining electrical stuff and the 
mentioned APDU format. Every smart card should speak it.

PC/SC is a standard for talking to card reader for reading smart cards. 
It should be supported by every reader.

If the reader or card does not comply with the above standards fon't 
hesitate and throw it away.


> PC/SC, Microsoft WHQL, FCC, CE and RoHS

Well, FCC is radio communication and censorship authorities in the US, 
CE is a liberal version of this for Europe.

Microsoft WHQL is for Windows driver certification.

You see the last facts are only for marketing and uninteresting.

> Does it work for me?
> What about sim card and smart card? I s there any limitation on it?

Well, usually a SIM card is (at the moment) quite different from a smart 
card which you can use wit GlobalPlatform. OpenPlatform is 
GlobalPlatform in a previuos version. GlobalPlatform is a management 
standard for installing applications an a smart card. The smart card 
must supprot this standard. Usually Java Card a sprogrammign language is 
used on these cards. So look for a Java Card, this should be what you 
want. All Java Cards houdl sipport Open/GlobalPlatform. There a NFC Near 
Field Communication phones which have an integrated smart card, calles 
SE, secure element. In the future maybe the SIM card will contain such 
an SE element, but at the moment no SIM card is known to me. So yyou 
cannot install a Java Card appelt on it for now. (Verify this if there 
are already SIM cards which can do this). The company Venyon migth be 
the first which makes it possible.

Regards,
Karsten

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