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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openthinclient-user
