RE: 5 security questions

From: Kayne Ian (Softlab) <Ian.Kayne(at)softlab.co.uk>
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 04:19:13 EST

Some answers:

> 2. Is there a standard that is obeyed by all smartcard hardware for

Revocation is performed by the CA, not by smartcard hardware itself. A smartcard (in this example) is just a storage device for certificates (in the same way you can issue file based certs and copy/export them to floppy).

> 3. When a smartcard is used to logon to Windows. When the

There is a policy (local or GPO in AD) under Win2k that controls this. I can't speak for other o/s versions.

> 4. How can an applet can access the data inside a smartcard?

This should get you started, from the DDK: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/smart/hh/smart/smarthdr_776r.asp

> 5. Does squid have LDAP support?

Not as standard, I believe. Try this though: http://group-ldap-auth.sourceforge.net/squid/group_ldap_auth/

HTH! Ian Kayne
Technical Specialist - IT Solutions
Softlab Ltd - A BMW Company

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> From: Çagil Seker [mailto:cagils@biznet.com.tr]
> Sent: 28 February 2003 11:53
> To: focus-ms@securityfocus.com
> Subject: 5 security questions
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> I have a couple of questions related to security and smartcards:

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