Comment Re:Careful... (Score 1) 11
I have the netsignia 210 smart card reader / programmer by litronic, it is a serial device.
I have seen the native support for windows login in win 2k and Windows XP claims to support it w/o 3rd party software but I have yet to see it work with the above reader. Litronic wants you to purchase "netsign", which is around 70$ per liscense.
If you find a way or get win xp to login with a smartcard / pin let me know.
There is an open source movement for linux (might work for most unix os's) that was started by the university of michigan. (look at my ask slashdot from a little while back about xp login, there is a reply about the UM soultion).
One cross platform thought would be to have an Active directory / domain controller for smart card login (yea ms sucks I know).
Also lookin to the new smartcards that have thumbprint scanners on them (instead of the pin), they came out this year at comdex from siemens.
I have seen the native support for windows login in win 2k and Windows XP claims to support it w/o 3rd party software but I have yet to see it work with the above reader. Litronic wants you to purchase "netsign", which is around 70$ per liscense.
If you find a way or get win xp to login with a smartcard / pin let me know.
There is an open source movement for linux (might work for most unix os's) that was started by the university of michigan. (look at my ask slashdot from a little while back about xp login, there is a reply about the UM soultion).
One cross platform thought would be to have an Active directory / domain controller for smart card login (yea ms sucks I know).
Also lookin to the new smartcards that have thumbprint scanners on them (instead of the pin), they came out this year at comdex from siemens.
