RE: Software smart-card emulation

FWIW, Tim &  are seeking different variations on the same theme.
Since I work mostly in virtual machines,  I need something that's strictly software.
I *can* set up a dedicated machine to get USB ports, but that's a huge pain now.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jex
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:25 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Software smart-card emulation

I'm no expert, hardly, but I imagine you can do something custom with
mini-CDs, CDs, floppys, or USB keys that hold the certificate data,
and just set the authenticating machine to run the auto-play through
the authenticating program, with the added benefit that they can
function like a USB dongle-lock, so the computers won't function if
they don't have the cd/usb key/etc.

Just my two cents
John Calvin

On 8/28/07, Thor (Hammer of God) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings security professionals:
>
> Has anyone worked with a software Smart Card emulation package they can
> recommend?  The goal is to test different "client authentication"
> Windows smart card implementations without having to go out and purchase
> the actual physical hardware (and cards) to do so.  Basically, I want
> something that will let me offer up a cert to a server/service as if it
> were a "smart card."
>
> tia
> t
>
> -----------------------------
> vinni, viddi, vinni denuo
>
>

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