Dell Smart Card keyboards

814man

I work in the NHS and am responsible for the issue of smartcards to staff in my local area. Its worth noting that the reader in your keyboard is only one of 3 eliments that you will need to use the card. You will need the card itself, or to be precise the magnetic chip with the data that is stored on it and most importantly some software to read and authenticate it as well as a programme that can use it as a method of logging in. For anyone interested details on the NHS smartcards are here:
http://www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/systemsandservices/rasmartcards
The chips hold 2 digital certificates which are used in the authentication process and details of the software are here:
http://www.gemplus.com/

If anyone really wants more on this please ask, I can bore for England on this having been involved in the development for many years now.

sharkie

leboof wrote: »

...I want to be able to use them as a login card if possible.

to skew your thought pattern, ever thought about using a mouse with a finger print reader on it instead?

diable

Why don't you set up the accounts on the PC instead of faffing around with smart cards?

leboof

sharkie wrote: »

to skew your thought pattern, ever thought about using a mouse with a finger print reader on it instead?

Yeah, sort of, but the fact I had the keyboard already, thought I'd find out if this was an easy thing to do.

Thanks a lot for the reply.

leboof

diable wrote: »

Why don't you set up the accounts on the PC instead of faffing around with smart cards?

Don't want to key my password in a many, many times a day.

Thanks a lot for the reply.

diable

Is this a shared computer, what OS are you running how will you integrate the key card in to the system?