Re: [Opensc-devel] HSM driver for REST API

[Frank M. <fra...@gm...>]

I don't know exactly what the benefit of a HSM with REST API is, but
regarding
the integration in OpenSC you have several options:

- Write a PC/SC driver that makes your HSM accessible for OpenSC (and most
  other smartcard applications). You could use this virtual driver
http://frankmorgner.github.io/vsmartcard/virtualsmartcard/README.html as
starting point.

- Write new reader driver within OpenSC (which naturally doesn't integrate
with
  other applications). You need to add a new implementation of
`sc_reader_t`,
look into reader-pcsc.c for guidance.

- Write a CT-API shared library, which OpenSC and some other smartcard
  applications can use.

And of course, you could write a completely new implementation of a PKCS#11
library and skip integration with OpenSC. Given your use case, this option
looks
like the most favourable one.

2016-12-25 22:05 GMT+01:00 Sven Anderson <sv...@an...>:

> Hi everyone!
>
> I wanna write a PKCS#11 for a network attached HSM that is accessed via a
> REST API. I would write the "backend" to the HSM with C++/boost/cpprestsdk.
> I'm thinking about which PKCS#11 project would be the best to base that
> work on. OpenSC seems to be purely focused on hardware-attached devices. so
> would it be a reasonable thing to use OpenSC for that? And how would I
> "hook in" such a non-USB attached device?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sven
>
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