SmartCard Infrastructure

 This blog is about Smart Card infrastructure in Windows. The objective of this blog is to educate everyone about Smart Card infrastructure in Windows. A little bit about myself: I am Shivaram Mysore. I provide consulting services in the areas of

Buying Smart Cards that work with Windows XP/Vista

Developers need to test test their code with real Smart Cards that can work with Windows. Here are...

Author: Shivaram Date: 05/27/2008

Smart Card Authentication with ASP.NET

Here is an interesting link that I found on implementing Smart Card Authentication with ASP.NET -...

Author: Shivaram Date: 11/25/2007

Smart Card Infrastructure Whitepaper Published

The Smart Card Infrastructure White paper has been published on the download center -...

Author: Shivaram Date: 08/16/2007

Smart Card MiniDrivers and Reader Drivers

Summary list of information related to Smart Card Readers and Card Mini-Drivers Smart Card...

Author: Shivaram Date: 07/17/2007

Smart Card Credential Providers

Vista ships with "Password" and "Smart Card" Credential Providers. Some vendors are interested in...

Author: Shivaram Date: 05/23/2007

PC/SC Standards support and Windows Logo for Smart Card Readers and Drivers

Windows (upto and including Vista) supports only PC/SC v1.0. As a part of Windows Vista, there is a...

Author: Shivaram Date: 03/22/2007

Turning on S/MIME (Digital Signature/Encryption) in Outlook 2007

Digital Signature and Encryption can use Smart Card based Certificates in Outlook. In Office 2007,...

Author: Shivaram Date: 02/26/2007

Smart Card Logon on Windows Vista

Differences in Vista Smart card logon under Windows Vista has changed in several key aspects. The...

Author: Shivaram Date: 02/26/2007

Smart Card Tools and debugging

CertUtil is a tool available on Windows Vista and Windows 2003 Server Admin Pack CertUtil (tool...

Author: Shivaram Date: 02/26/2007

Smart Card Resource Manager Service

The Smart Card Resource Manager (SCRM) provides the basic infrastructure that all other smart card...

Author: Shivaram Date: 02/26/2007

The following table illustrates the Group Policy Settings that can be used on a per-machine basis....

Author: Shivaram Date: 02/26/2007

Card Mini-Driver Certification Requirements and Certification Kit

Card Mini-Driver detailed certification requirements are now available at:...

Author: Shivaram Date: 02/26/2007

Smart Cards and Readers that work with Windows

What Smart Cards and Readers work with Windows? For Smart Cards, Check out Certificate Life Cycle...

Author: Shivaram Date: 01/23/2007

Smart Card MiniDriver (aka CardModule) header (cardmod.h) download

CardMod.h required to build a Smart Card Mini Driver is available for download as a part of the...

Author: Shivaram Date: 01/02/2007

Card Module is also called Smart Card Mini Driver

Card Module which has been talked about is also called Smart Card Mini Driver. The specification for...

Author: Shivaram Date: 11/14/2006

Enterprise Smart Card Deployment in the Microsoft® Windows® Smart Card Framework

Here is a link to the white paper titled "Enterprise Smart Card Deployment in the Microsoft®...

Author: Shivaram Date: 09/19/2006

HSPD-12 / FIPS 201 Bridging Policies, Process and Technology

Here is a link to a good presentation on this subject:...

Author: Shivaram Date: 09/19/2006

Card Module API on MSDN

Card Module API is available on MSDN -...

Author: Shivaram Date: 03/23/2006

Smart Card Base Cryptographic Service Provider (Base CSP)

Downloading Base CSP for Windows Today, the Smart Card Base Cryptographic Service Provider (Base...

Author: Shivaram Date: 11/30/2005

(Thanks to David Cross for the links) Top Whitepapers: Default Access Control Settings in Windows...

Author: Shivaram Date: 08/16/2005

Introduction

This blog is about Smart Card infrastructure in Windows. The objective of this blog is to educate...

Author: Shivaram Date: 08/09/2005