Hello, I forgot tow things: 1- There are readers embedded in keyboards: http://www.cherrycorp.com/ 2- Sun have a proprietary smartcard thin client system: http://www.sun.com/sunray/sunray2/
thats all 2008/11/10 pau carre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Akelio, > Smartcards will be the de facto standard for European Union citizen > identities, so I hope soon they will be supported in most computing > systems. > We (in Balearic Islands, Spain) are currently using Oberthur > smartcards. We identify each user by using a certificate (a public key > + metainformation). The private key is stored in the smartcard and > can't be extracted (even using sophisticated methods). > There are both USB and PCMCIA readers. The bad news are that you need > reader and card drivers. The good news are that most providers have > drivers for windows, linux (yes, linux!) and macosx for both readers > and cards. > Smartcards are not only more secure than passwords for authentication > but can be used for digital signatures that are legally equivalent to > manual ones in most of European Union countries. > > Hope this helps > > Pau Carré Cardona. > > > 2008/11/10 akeilo cm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Hi Pau, >> >> Out of curiosity, where do you get the smartcards from >> (vendor/off-the-shelf) and how do you manage the assignment of card to a >> user (or userid or unique id). >> >> I saw and heard about smart card authentication but never had chance to use >> one. >> >> Using smartcard authentication (guess the thinclient has to have a pcmcia >> slot for smart card reader??) with thinclients sounds very cool indeed. >> >> Would be delighted if you can enlighten me/us. >> >> all the best! >> >> >> pau carre wrote: >>> >>> Hello, I am very interested in deploying a thin client system with >>> smart card authentication. In linux it is possible to configure >>> smartcard readers and there are PAM modules for them but it seems not >>> to exist >>> any support for thin clients. I have not found any information about >>> smartcards in the openthinclient web page so it seems not to support >>> them. Am I wrong? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Pau >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >>> challenge >>> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >>> prizes >>> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >>> world >>> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Open Source Thin Client Solution http://openthinclient.org >>> openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openthinclient-user >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Smart-cards-in-thin-clients-tp20347659p20426791.html >> Sent from the openthinclient.org users' mailing list mailing list archive at >> Nabble.com. >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> The Open Source Thin Client Solution http://openthinclient.org >> openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openthinclient-user >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ The Open Source Thin Client Solution http://openthinclient.org openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openthinclient-user
