The Oden, # I once a saw a TV show featuring networked computers from Sun which #allows users to identify/authenticate themselves using smart cards. It #also allows the users to log-in from any computer in the network. If the During the past three (3) JavaOne Developer Conferences, Sun provided attendees with rows upon rows of Sun Ray appliances in the conference floors. All attendees were given Java SmartCards upon registration. The cards served as ID, and access key to those Sun Ray appliances. # Is this possible in Linux? # With the right mix of components, of course it is possible. There are already commercial thin-client products based on Linux that are out in the market. I've seen IBM NetVista Thin Clients With TurboLinux in one of the developer conferences I've been to (I forgot with one). http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/netvista/thinclient/tl.html stay cool. jeff -- -- Jeff Gutierrez Mapua Online! http://www.mapua.org http://www.mapua.com http://www.mapua.net Pinoy Ako! May reklamo? _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
