Questions tagged [smartcard]
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SCardEstablishContext: Service not available
I installed the following packages:
libusb-dev
libusb++-0.1-4c2
libccid
pcscd
libpcsclite1
libpcsclite-dev
List item
libpcsc-perl
pcsc-tools
But when I send the pcsc_scan command I received the below output :
root@bt:/# pcsc_scan
PC/SC…
Ebrahim Ghasemi
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How to logon to Windows with a SmartCard
How can I configure Windows, when I am at the Logon Screen I see the option to logon using a SmartCard? How can I associate the SmartCard with a local user account which is not a member of a domain?
I have a laptop (running Windows 7 Pro), SmartCard…
afelaho
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Smart Card errors
I have a CAC smart card, and a SCM Microsystems SCR3310 USB card Reader. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate with SP1.
This setup used to work just fine. When I would insert my CAC, my certificates would immediately propagate to the certificate store…
Jonathon Reinhart
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Access host's smart card reader via Remote Desktop Connection
I have a Windows 7 machine that has a smart card reader. I have an application running on that machine that can successfully read the contents of the card.
I have another Windows 7 machine that I use to remote into the machine that has the smart…
markyd13
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Use EMV-enabled Credit Card (chip card) for Windows Smart Card log-in?
I have a USB Smart Card Reader and a Credit Card with Smart Chip (EMV) on it. So I was wondering if I can associate this card to my Windows Administrator profile (local user account) and use it as a second layer of protection for my log-in? If yes,…
orad
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Linux: Sign PDF using a certificate stored in a smart card with a time-stamped signature
In Linux, I am looking for a way to sign a PDF file using a certificate stored in a smart card similar to the feature offered by adobe acrobat reader (Tools->Certificates->Digitally Sign). The latter allows the user to place a signature inside the…
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Outlook 2016 prompting for Smart Card instead of Credentials
My Outlook 2016 (on Windows 10) has always been annoying, prompting me for Domain Credentials for a synced calendar (I think, or some other reason) at least 5 times a day, or whenever I click "Send/Receive all folders".
But last week I had to login…
Thomas Mulder
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What is an NFC SIM card and what is the different with regular SIMs?
If a phone has NFC capabilities, do you need an NFC SIM card to use NFC?
Is NFC a technology of the phone or of the SIM card? Or is the NFC SIM card just 'more secure' than a regular SIM Card and if so, how/why?.
TheGoodUser
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Why does Windows Security stop prompting for my smart card credentials (the "more options" is not showing)?
I'm currently in a Windows 10 domain environment that uses smart card authentication. We are using ActivClient 7.1.0.213 for reading the smart cards. I use a user smart card to login as a user (which has only user certificates on it.) I have a…
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How do I stop Windows from flooding smartcard with APDUs
Whenever I put a smartcard in/on my smartcard reader Windows (7 Prof, x64) immediately starts flooding it with APDUs possibly trying to identify the type of the card (SELECT and READ_DATA commands).
How do I turn off this behavior?
I'm a smartcard…
Thomas Lieven
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Automatically remove certificate from certificate store
Windows 7 certificate store's default behavior includes storing all public keys you use from smartcards. This is sometimes undesirable as if some machine needs to use a lot of smartcards, the "Please select a certificate" popup becomes increasingly…
pooispoois
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How to use the certificates on a smart card without the physical card?
I recently extracted the certificates from my smart card and imported them into Firefox.
However, when I tried logging in to several smart-card-enabled websites, I received an error message (Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_alert). This is the same…
Alex Krycek
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How can I create a "Virtual Smart Card" on my TPM without joining my Windows computer to a Domain?
I want to store a OpenVPN client certificates on our laptops secured by my TPM, so that the certificate can't be stolen/extracted from the laptop even with admin rights.
Microsoft offeres "Virtual Smartcards" that use the TPM. I should be able to…
user643011
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Smartcard OpenSSH and PuTTY SSH
I am attempting to ssh onto a CentOS 7.5 machine (192.168.1.5) via smart card technology.
Now I can SSH using the master slot's x509 certificate with the matching private key to accomplish this, but this means that I must put the certificate's…
gofish
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Smartcards for storing gpg/ssh keys (Linux) - what do I need?
I'm interested in storing my SSH keys and gpg keys on a smartcard for added security. However, I'm a bit uncertain on a few points, which are as follows:
How many keys can I get on a card? I assume both SSH and GPG can store keys on the card.
Is…
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