RE: Software smart-card emulation

So, if I may indulge the list a final time (knowing this is now a bit OT
from strict MSFT security) - can anyone recommend a smartcard
reader/writer that they know works with Vista x64?

Thanks
t

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thor (Hammer of
God)
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 7:23 AM
> To: Wayne Anderson; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Software smart-card emulation
> 
> Yes, that is what I was looking for.  But at this point, given the
> responses I've received, it seems like it will be easier to just buy
> the
> hardware (unless you can point me to something).
> 
> t
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wayne Anderson [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 1:28 PM
> > To: Thor (Hammer of God); [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: Software smart-card emulation
> >
> > To clarify you are looking for a localized hardware emulator that
> will
> > take
> > a given PKCS (or other format) data stream or certificate and
emulate
> > the
> > "read" off of a physical device via software only components?
> >
> > Is there a specific technology which you are looking to emulate?
> >
> > "Smart Card" is a very generic term in the industry and there are a
> > large
> > number of specific implementations of contact and contact-less
> physical
> > card
> > data formats.
> >
> > Wayne S. Anderson
> > http://www.linkedin.com/in/wayneanderson
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > Behalf Of Thor (Hammer of God)
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 3:52 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Software smart-card emulation
> >
> > 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
> >
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