[ale] Smart cards

[Ron Frazier]

Mike,

PS to my prior reply.

Googling oauth smartcard yeilds some interesting results.  Googling 
oauth smart card (with a space) yields a different interesting result 
set.  You have to watch Google, as it will change your search request to 
what it thinks you want.  One link that may be relevant is this 
document: OATH Reference Architecture, Release 2.0 - Initiative for Open 
AuTHentication (OATH), a PDF file.  This is not in my area of expertise, 
but, I searched the document and found several references to smart 
cards.  Use for what it's worth.

http://www.openauthentication.org/webfm_send/1

Sincerely,

Ron

On 10/6/2011 3:28 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm doing some looking at an idea, but I am having a hard time finding
> information.  I want to toy with the idea of creating a sign-on system
> using smart cards; something where you don't even need a username.  I
> know that this is possible for Web applications with relative ease,
> but I would like to cook up something that'd be useful for distributed
> administrative management.  For example, I could use a smart card to
> authenticate to my home network when I'm away from home, and my laptop
> (or whatever computer I am at) would only be allowed to access certain
> resources on my home network when a valid and non-revoked card
> (certificate) is used.
>
> I've read quite a bit about _how_ to get the software to do such
> things, but the important question is the one that I don't have an
> answer to.  I want cards that can be setup with keys and used from
> both Linux and Windows systems without a great deal of effort.  Is
> that actually possible?  Shouldn't I be able to have a card and a USB
> reader, for example, and be able to use my smart card to access a Web
> site, or SSH connection, or whatever, without having to worry about
> "it won't work with system X because there isn't a library for it" or
> whatever?
>
> Or are the only options for such a thing truly to order from out of
> the country?
>
>      --- Mike
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