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Trust Services APIs (SATSA) provide smart card access and
cryptographic capabilities to applications running on small
devices. The SATSA specification defines four distinct APIs:
This book describes the use of SATSA in Mobile Information
Device Profile (MIDP) applications, although its use in other
J2ME platform environments is also possible. The SATSA Reference
Implementation (RI) used in this book is based on a MIDP 2.0
implementation.  Understanding the SATSA RI  The four SATSA APIs
are defined by JSR 177, the Security and Trust Services APIs
specification. The specification is a document that defines the
APIs. The SATSA RI is a piece of software that implements the
specification. This book describes how to use the SATSA RI to
develop applications.  The SATSA RI is available at
http://java.sun.com/products/satsa/. It is based on MIDP 2.0 and
includes complete implementations of the SATSA APIs.  Note – The
SATSA specification doesn’t mandate the