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Windows Vista Smart Card Infrastructure
Windows Vista Smart Card Infrastructure provides details about the Microsoft Windows smart card infrastructure and how smart card-related components work in Windows. This paper also contains information about troubleshooting and debugging tools, and tools that Information Technology IT developers and administrators can use to deploy smart card-based strong authentication in...
Tags: Smart Card, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Vista Smart Card Infrastructure, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software
White papers 2007-08-01

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Smart Cards
Smart cards are a key component of the public-key infrastructure that Microsoft is integrating into the Windows platform because smart cards enhance software-only solutions, such as client authentication, logon, and secure e-mail. The Microsoft Windows operating system platform is smart card - enabled and is the best and most cost-effective...
Tags: Smart Card, Microsoft Corp., Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
White papers
Protect Your Data Via Managed Code and the Windows Vista Smart Card APIs
Smart cards are a compelling alternative to the weak link of authentication systems: passwords. The industry is hungry for password-replacement technologies. Via an embedded cryptographic processor, smart cards provide a very secure and easy-to-use authentication mechanism. However, smart card deployments introduce their own challenges. The industry needs better products for...
Tags: Smart Card, Industry, API, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Managed Code, Microsoft Corp., Authentication, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
White papers 2006-11-01
Smart Card Minidriver Specification for Windows Base Cryptographic Service Provider (Base CSP) and Smart Card Key Storage Provider (KSP): Version 5.05
Vendors can write card minidrivers to present a consistent interface to their smart card type to the Microsoft Smart Card Base Cryptographic Service Provider CSP or Crypto Next Generation CNP Key Storage Provider KSP and to the Smart Card Management Interface. These card minidrivers plug in to Microsoft Windows operating...
Tags: Smart Card, Specification, Information, Microsoft Corp., Card Minidriver, Smart Cards, Microsoft Windows, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Operating Systems, Software, Security
White papers 2006-10-25
Smart Cards: A PrimerDevelop on the Java Platform of the Future
This article, the first in a new Java Developer series on smart cards, will introduce you to smart card hows and whys. All you need is a smart card, a card reader, and software that lets you communicate with the card, and you can begin developing a real-world application. This...
Tags: Java Platform, Smart Card, Java, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
White papers
Smart Card Minidriver Certification Requirements for Windows Base Cryptographic Service Provider (Base CSP) and Smart Card Key Storage Provider (KSP): Version 5.06
The Smart Card Base Cryptographic Service Provider CSP exposes the cryptographic capabilities of smart cards through the CAPI interface. The Smart Card Base CSP isolates all smart card specific cryptographic operations in the Smart Card Minidriver [CMSPEC]. Card Minidrivers execute in user-mode and are smart card specific. The Card Minidriver...
Tags: Smart Card, Microsoft Windows, Smart Card Base Cryptographic Service Provider, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
White papers 2007-02-08
Implementation of an ActivCard Smart Card Solution on HP CCI
Smart cards can provide additional security to a CCI implementation. This white paper discusses the implementation of ActivCard smart cards on HP Consolidated Client Infrastructure CCI. This white paper is not intended as a comprehensive overview of ActivCard smart card technology. The paper describes a smart card reference implementation that...
Tags: Smart Card, Hewlett-Packard Co., ActivCard, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
White papers 2005-11-01
Smart Cards Introduction
Smart cards represent a new technology that has tremendous potential for enhancing the security of distributed systems. This RFC, 57.0, introduces smart card terminology, describes current smart card technology including physical and logical characteristics, discusses the current status of smart card standardization, and closes with a brief discussion of the...
Tags: Smart Card, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
White papers 1994-03-01
smart card
Hi,some of users in my organisation is facing problem with smart card.All the machines are XP Professional and 2000 server.While they are connecting the VPN server using smart card to Microsoft,Redmond, the connection couldn't established correctly.So every time I used to remove and re-install the VPN Connection and smart card...
Tags: Smart cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, VPNs, smart card
Q&A 2005-05-09
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader Security: Release 1.0
The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader for BlackBerry devices with the Secure Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extension (S/MIME) Support Package is an accessory that, when used in proximity to certain Bluetooth-enabled BlackBerry devices, integrates smart card use with the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution. The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader is designed to communicate wirelessly...
Tags: Security, RIM BlackBerry, Smart Card Reader, BlackBerry Smart Card Reader, Handhelds, Smart Cards, Hardware
White papers 2005-10-03
Smart Card Deployment at Microsoft
The purpose of this white paper is to share architecture, design, and deployment considerations and experiences of the Microsoft remote access solution, demonstrating the value of current Microsoft products in the security hardening and management of remote access. This paper briefly discusses the development of a deployment plan for an...
Tags: Smart Card, Microsoft Corp., Smart Cards, Remote Access, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Telecommunications, Security
White papers 2005-06-01
Smart cards and IT security
This short white paper talks about smart cards and IT security. It covers common smart card features and applications, including authentication. A mobile smart card solution for IBM ThinkPad notebooks is also introduced.
Tags: Smart Card, IT Security, Information Technology, IBM Corp., Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
White papers 2003-01-01
What is a Smart Card?
A smart card is a card that is embedded with either a microprocessor and a memory chip or only a memory chip with non-programmable logic. The microprocessor card can add, delete, and otherwise manipulate information on the card, while a memory-chip card (for example, pre-paid phone cards) can only undertake...
Tags: Smart Card, Microprocessor, Memory Chip, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Semiconductors, Processors, Security, Hardware, Components
White papers
RFID With Bio-Smart Card in Linux
This paper describes the integration of fingerprint template and RF smart card for clustered network, which is designed on Linux platform and Open source technology to obtain biometrics security. Combination of smart card and biometrics has achieved in two step authentication where smart card authentication is based on a Personal...
Tags: Card, Linux, Smart Card, RFID, Authentication, Fingerprint Verification, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Biometrics, Digital Security, Security
White papers 2005-02-28
Smart Card Authentication
in Windows XP local Security Policy, You can enable the requirement for a smart card to logon! Where can ou dsable this in the registry?Wrong forumThis is a tech. problem, in search of a solution.It properly belongs in "Technical Q&A," not in "Discussions."Please re-post there.Thank you.
Tags: Smart cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital security
Discussion threads 2005-03-09
Smart Cards For Payment Systems
The payment card has been in existence for many years. It started in the form of a card embossed with details of the cardholder (account number, name, expiration date) which could be used at a point of sale to purchase goods or services. The magnetic stripe was soon introduced as...
Tags: Point-of-sale, Smart Card, Payment, Cardholder, Payment Card, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Operational Accounting, Security, Finance
White papers 2001-12-01
Smart-Card Devices and Applications
Smart cards, small portable credit-card shaped devices, each have an internal integrated circuit IC. The combination of the small size and IC make them valuable tools for security, data storage, and special applications. Smart cards can provide different security-level options ranging from simple access control to complex data...
Tags: Smart Card, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
White papers
Windows Vista services that can be disabled
One of the most effective ways to secure a Windows workstation is to turn off unnecessary services. This reference sheet lists the Windows Vista services, describes each one's function, specifies whether you can safely disable it, and outlines what will happen if you do. The list assumes the machine is...
Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software
Download resources 2007-05-22
PC Inspector Smart Recovery (exe)
PC Inspector Smart Recovery is a data-recovery program for Flash Card, Smart Media, Sony Memory Stick, IBM Micro Drive, Multimedia Card, and Secure Digital Card. The software will bring back deleted pictures from any digital camera media.
Tags: Recovery, PC, Digital Camera, PC Inspector Smart Recovery, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Memory, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
Software downloads 2004-02-09
Exploit enhanced networking functionality in Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Vista offers users broader and more flexible options for accessing networks and managing network infrastructure not merely via enhanced support for standard networks but also by fully supporting the next generation of wired or wireless networks. This sample chapter from Introducing Microsoft Windows Vista explains: ...
Tags: Network, Microsoft Press, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Networking, Operating Systems, Software
Book chapters 2006-07-20
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