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		<title>Carta regionale dei servizi: funziona veramente?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Per accedere al sistema sanitario regionale della Lombardia, ogni iscritto riceve la Carta Regionale dei Servizi. Attraverso questa smart card ed un PIN, fornito su richiesta, è possibile essere identificati in modo certo ed autenticati in modo sicuro. Intenti lodevoli Tramite le peculiarità della carta, la regione, per evitare lunghe code agli sportelli ed estenuanti [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolandfg.net&amp;blog=9704377&amp;post=117&amp;subd=flerro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="clear:both;">Per accedere al sistema sanitario regionale della Lombardia, ogni iscritto riceve la <a href="http://www.crs.lombardia.it/cm/home.jhtml" target="_blank">Carta Regionale dei Servizi</a>. Attraverso questa <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_card">smart card</a> ed un PIN, fornito su richiesta, è possibile essere <em>i</em><em>dentificati </em>in modo certo ed <em>autenticati</em> in <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_authentication" target="_blank">modo sicuro</a>.</p>
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<h3>Intenti lodevoli</h3>
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<p style="clear:both;">Tramite le peculiarità della carta, la regione, per evitare lunghe code agli sportelli ed estenuanti peregrinazioni tra gli uffici pubblici, ha messo a disposizione dei cittadini una serie di <a href="http://www.crs.lombardia.it/cm/pagina.jhtml?param1_1=N11c665e8d12f101ba58" target="_blank">servizi online</a>. Dalle <a href="http://www.crs.lombardia.it/cm/faq.jhtml?param1_1=N11cdcd9b263d696ab5d" target="_blank">FAQ</a> si legge che i software per utilizzare il sistema sono compatibili anche con MacOSX e con varie distribuzioni Linux tra cui Ubuntu. Miracolo! Posso utilizzare anche io il servizio.</p>
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<h3>La mia esperienza</h3>
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<p style="clear:both;">Per quanto mi riguarda, data la mia laurea ed i corsi universitari dedicati alle tematiche della sicurezza on-line, posso assolutamente contarmi tra le fila degli utenti avanzati.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">Per poter usufruire dei servizi ho <a href="http://www.intersmart.it/scr3310_new.asp" target="_blank">acquistato sul web</a> il seguente card-reader:</p>
<p style="clear:both;"><img style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://flerro.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/scr1-thumb.png?w=375&#038;h=131" alt="" width="375" height="131" />che, <a href="http://www.crs.lombardia.it/resources/pagina/N11c93277bd94559e254/N11c93277bd94559e254/3_3_2010__Lettori_Smart_Card_testati_con_CRS.pdf" target="_blank">tra quelli compatibili</a>, è installabile su tutte le piattaforme supportate dalla CRS.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">Il primo tentativo è stato effettuato su di un MacBook con MacOSX 10.6.2 e Firefox 3.6. Ho scaricato ed installato nell&#8217;ordine:</p>
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<li>i <a href="http://www.scmmicro.com/support/pc-security-support/downloads.html" target="_blank">driver</a> per lo smart-card reader,</li>
<li>il <a href="http://www.crs.lombardia.it/resources/pagina/N11d1ac60ecc65c44c13/N11d1ac60ecc65c44c13/Software_CRS_macosx_1.0.dmg" target="_blank">Software CRS</a>: contiene le librerie per accedere al certificato presente sulla smart card attraverso il card-reader (ho dovuto però installare manualmente la libreria in Firefox dato che l&#8217;oggetto <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en/PKCS11_Jar_Install" target="_blank">pkcs11 non è più accessibile via javascript</a>)</li>
<li>il <a href="http://www.crs.lombardia.it/resources/pagina/N11d1ac60ecc65c44c13/N11d1ac60ecc65c44c13/Software_CRS_macosx_1.0.dmg" target="_blank">CRS Manager</a>: software per la firma digitale dei documenti</li>
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<p style="clear:both;">Per verificare il buon esito dell&#8217;installazione ho provato a firmare e successivamente verificare un documento tramite l&#8217;apposita applicazione. Al primo accesso al certificato sulla smart card mi è stato richiesto il PIN</p>
<p style="clear:both;"><img style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://flerro.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen_shot_2010-03-15_at_2-thumb-39-21_am.png?w=380&#038;h=155" alt="" width="380" height="155" />e quale certificato usare</p>
<p style="clear:both;"><img style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://flerro.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen_shot_2010-03-15_at_2-thumb-39-46_am.png?w=380&#038;h=343" alt="" width="380" height="343" /> I risultati? Altalenanti. L&#8217;applicazione web per gestire i dati sanitari etc. sembrava funzionare, nonostante qualche inconveniente di tanto in tanto.</p>
<p style="clear:both;"><a class="image-link" href="http://flerro.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen_shot_2010-03-15_at_2-full-51-33_am.png"><img class="linked-to-original" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://flerro.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen_shot_2010-03-15_at_2-thumb-51-33_am.png?w=378&#038;h=181" alt="" width="378" height="181" /></a>L&#8217;accesso ai servizi del comune di Milano invece (cosa che mi interessava di più), restituiva un laconico messaggio di errore.</p>
<p style="clear:both;"><a class="image-link" href="http://flerro.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen_shot_2010-03-15_at_2-52-56_am.png"><img class="linked-to-original" style="text-align:center;display:block;margin:0 auto 10px;" src="http://flerro.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/screen_shot_2010-03-15_at_2-thumb-52-56_am.png?w=380&#038;h=169" alt="" width="380" height="169" /></a>Ho ripetuto l&#8217;installazione dei vari software su una macchina virtuale con Windows XP e IE8. L&#8217;istallazione per i sistemi di Cupertino risulta Ieggermente più semplice e contiene anche una <a href="http://www.crs.lombardia.it/cm/pagina.jhtml?param1_1=N11cb747b7dc2aecd930" target="_blank">(complessa) procedura</a> per testare la correttezza dell&#8217;installazione. Ma, anche in questo caso, non ho avuto successo con i servizi del comune.</p>
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<h3>Amare conclusioni</h3>
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<p style="clear:both;">Questo sistema di identificazione via CRS mi sembra l&#8217;ennesima cosa fatta all&#8217;italiana:</p>
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<li>Bassa fruibilità per l&#8217;utente medio: Acquistare un dispositivo non propio comune, installare driver e software, eseguire una <a href="http://www.crs.lombardia.it/cm/pagina.jhtml?param1_1=N11c6643c3f2a5dba7df" target="_blank">complicata serie di procedure</a> per installare le librerie per il token fisico PKCS #11 &#8230;</li>
<li>Disomogeneità nei vari servizi offerti e qualità generale percepita molto bassa.</li>
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<p style="clear:both;">Insomma credo sia ancora <strong>acerbo</strong> e <strong>lontano da un funzionamento accettabile</strong>.</p>
<p style="clear:both;">Qualche altro cittadino lombardo ha provato ad utilizzare questi servizi? Ci è riuscito? Ha voglia di condividere la sua esperienza?</p>
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		<title>Instasaver</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Instasaver is the Firefox add-on for the Instapaper avid user. Providing an url-bar button, a toolbar button and a menu (+ keyboard shortcuts), Instasaver lets you submit the page you are currently visiting to the Instapaper service, for later reading. The extension supports also Google Reader, being able to automatically detect the item you are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolandfg.net&amp;blog=9704377&amp;post=52&amp;subd=flerro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Instasaver</em> is the Firefox add-on for the <a title="Instapaper - Read later" href="http://instapaper.com" target="_blank">Instapaper</a> avid user.</p>
<p>Providing an url-bar button, a toolbar button and a menu (+ keyboard shortcuts), <em>Instasaver</em> lets you submit the page you are currently visiting to the <a title="Instapaper - Read later" href="http://instapaper.com/" target="_blank">Instapaper</a> service, for later reading.</p>
<p>The extension supports also <a href="http://reader.google.com" target="_blank">Google Reader</a>, being able to automatically detect the item you are currently reading.</p>
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<a style="background:#990000;color:#ffffff;padding:5px 10px;" href="http://db.tt/RwwcBix">Install <em>Instasaver</em></a> <a style="background:#990000;color:#ffffff;padding:5px 10px;" title="Download Instasaver from Firefox add-on website" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/76427/" target="_blank">Install via Firefox add-ons</a>
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<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>The add-on provides a little <em>save</em> icon (near the bookmark star), allowing you to submit a web-page <a href="http://instapaper.com" target="_blank">Instapaper.com</a> for later reading.</p>
<p>Moreover you will be able to interact with the service via the new <em>Instasaver</em> menu entries in the Firefox <strong>tools menu</strong> and via the following keyboard shortcuts:</p>
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<li><b>SHIFT + ALT + I</b>, for submittng content to Instapaper.com</li>
<li><b>SHIFT + ALT + R</b>, to reflow webpage content</li>
<li><b>SHIFT + ALT + G</b>, to visit Instapaper.com website</li>
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<h3>Changelog</h3>
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<dt>1.6.1 &#8211; 27/08/2011
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<li>Firefox 6.0 compatibility</li>
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<dt>1.6 &#8211; 17/07/2011
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<li>revamped notifications (now system wide)</li>
<li>support for Firefox password manager (to fix intermittent problems with user/password not saved under Windows XP)</li>
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<h3>Motivation</h3>
<p>I developed <em>Instasaver</em> as an alternative to the official <a title="Instapaper bookmarklet" href="http://www.instapaper.com/extras" target="_blank">bookmarlet</a>, because I do not use the <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/features/" target="_blank">Firefox</a> bookmark bar.</p>
<h3>Feedback</h3>
<p>Send bug reports, feature requests, etc. to instasaver [at] rolandfg.net.</p>
<p>Do you want to help translating <em>Instasaver</em>? Let me know at instasaver [at] rolandfg.net.</p>
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		<title>Back to the future</title>
		<link>http://rolandfg.net/2010/02/09/back-to-the-future-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Francesco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a good writer nor a prolific one. This is one of the reasons why I did not renew my rolandfg.net when domain was about to expire. It was the 2007. At that time rolandfg.net had a good reputation and it had been online for many years, so it ended up gathering traffic for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rolandfg.net&amp;blog=9704377&amp;post=15&amp;subd=flerro&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:justify;">I&#8217;m not a good writer nor a prolific one. This is one of the reasons why I did not renew my <em>rolandfg.net</em> when domain was about to expire. It was the 2007. At that time <em>rolandfg.net</em> had a good reputation and it had been online for many years, so it ended up gathering traffic for sponsored links, on the behalf of some good guys who had the chance to re-register it as soon as possible.<span id="more-15"></span></p>
<h2>Flashback</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">It all started between the 1999 and the 2000.  I registered <em>rolandfg.net</em> domain and I got a hosting powered by PHP and MySQL. Later on I put together a very simple system to publish new apps, allowing the visitors to leave feedback via comments (yes it was a very simple CMS).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">The site went into several refreshes. The oldest screen-shots I have retrieved from the <a title="Rolandfg.net on the Wayback Machine" href="http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://rolandfg.net">Wayback machine</a> are dated between the 2003 and the 2004. Some images are missing so the layout results a little bit screwed up. Anyway the main idea is still there.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Later on the bunch of scripts had been replaced by a real CMS and I started writing some more personal posts following the &#8220;write a blog&#8221; trend. A screen-shot of the 2007 follows.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://flerro.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/its-not-just-software_20070503.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-20 aligncenter" title="It's Not Just Software (2007)" src="http://flerro.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/its-not-just-software_20070503.png?w=215&#038;h=240" alt="" width="215" height="240" /></a></p>
<h3>Oldware</h3>
<p>Why I started all that? I felt the need to distribute on the web some software utilities I had  developed.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Show/Hide</strong>, the first one, was one on the most problematic. The app used the trick of  <a title="Transofrm any folder into the Control Panel" href="http://www.thehackerslibrary.com/?p=21" target="_blank">Control Panel tranformation</a> to make the folder&#8217;s content inaccessible from the Windows Explorer without a password. The protection was really weak: a power user was able to easily break into the folder via command line or third party file manager (a la <a title="Total Commander file manager" href="http://www.ghisler.com/" target="_blank">Total Commander</a>). Anyway the utility got lots of downloads and was published in an Italian software magazine CD. So for several years I had been receiving funny/desperate emails asking for help (unlock folders after software uninstall, recover lost passwords, etc.).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">My master-piece was (a couple of years later) an application for the  Pocket PC platform: <strong>Pocket CodFis</strong>. It was my first approach to  create software for mobile devices. I used the <a title="Very old  version of .NET compact=">.NET Compact framework</a> and the <a href="http://www.sqlite.org/">SQLite</a> DB engine. Pocket CodFis was able to calculate a tax code code, called <em>Codice  Fiscale</em>, used in Italy to uniquely identify a person. This  application had more than 1000 downloads on the first couple of days  after being linked on <a href="http://www.pocketpcitalia.com/">PocketPC italia</a>.</p>
<p>Among others it&#8217;s worth to mention:</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>DoPlayIt</strong>, an utility that fired an sound at predefined intervals. This software was very simple but, since I received feedback from a blind person that had been using it and that gave me good feedback on how to enhance it for screen reader, I&#8217;m quite proud of it.</p>
<p><strong>Easy Rename</strong>, a  very handy file re-namer, published along with an Italian magazine like Show/Hide.</p>
<h2>Now</h2>
<p style="text-align:justify;">At present I have a couple of projects that sooner or later I would like to share and even if <em>Twitter</em> and <em>Facebook</em> are trendier than an &#8216;old&#8217; blog I decided to regain possession of <em>rolandfg.net</em>. We&#8217;ll see&#8230;</p>
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