List members:
ALERT: I am a total newbie to this technology; with that in mind
here we go!
I am just getting through some issues with my laptop this week,
and am in the process of readying it so I can deploy the RH 7.3 upgrade
on it. I am curious about some of the issues I may have with getting the
smartcard to go with this environment. I am VERY new to this technology
and have never tried to install the software here, mainly because
(luckily I suppose) there seems to be so much to choose from!
(a) I have the IBM Smartcard "Secureway" kit (PCMCIA)
(b) I am upgrading to RH 7.3
(c) I have never installed the MUSCLE software before
(d) I have only the smartcard that came with the kit from IBM
(e) I expect to soon have a DOD ID card soon which I want to use
with this setup
What software (in RPM format hopefully) should I deploy to get
my card working under Linux? The website has much software on it and I
am unclear as to what I ought to install.
How difficult will it be to implement this hardware and how can
I take advantage of it under Linux?
I have several things I would like to use my new smartcard for.
Please bear in mind, I have no idea what the capabilities of what I have
are, but I do know what I'd like to accomplish (all or some of these
ideas):
(a) Be able to logon to Linux either by the regular keyboard
method or for the Linux login software to recognize the smartcard is
there, and read a username and password in from it's memory (providing
it has one?)
(b) Enter the username and password via the logon prompt, and
have the smartcard authenticate them somehow
(c) Use the smartcard to authenticate a pass phrase entered for
use in the LOOP-AES encryption software; this also begs the question of
if what the card needs driverwise can be loaded in an initrd boot up
method and function at that point in the boot process?
Very Respectfully,
Stuart Blake Tener, IT3 (E-4), USNR-R, N3GWG
Beverly Hills, California
VTU 1904G (Volunteer Training Unit)
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Saturday, January 26, 2002 8:47 AM
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of David Corcoran
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MUSCLE pcsc-lite-1.1.0
Hello,
I released pcsc-lite-1.1.0 on the website today under Middleware.
pcsc-lite version 1.1.0 includes all of the previous developer patches
and
some security improvements such as session checking, and removal of some
items in /tmp. This version also supports client side token plugins
(SSP's) This version has some new command line features, improved
documentation, and cleaner behavior. Also included is compilable
support
for HSM's which might require large data transfer capability. This
version supports sleep mode on OS X.
Near future changes:
I will release the RPM's later this week.
I will also release a patch which will allow the resource manager to
make
use of the getsockopts with PEER_CRED in order to limit connections
based
upon a user id.
The source can be retrieved from http://www.musclecard.com/middle.html
Cheers,
Dave
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