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Virtual machines can connect to smart card readers that interface to serial ports, parallel ports, USB ports, PCMCIA slots, and PCI slots. A virtual machine considers a smart card reader to be a type of USB device.
A smart card is a plastic card that has an embedded computer chip. Many government agencies and large enterprises use smart cards to send secure communication, digitally sign documents, and authenticate users who access their computer networks. Users plug a smart card reader into their computer and insert their smart card in the reader. They are then prompted for their PIN to log in.
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You can select a smart card reader from the Removable Devices menu in a virtual machine. A smart card can be shared between virtual machines, or between the host system and one or more virtual machines. Sharing is enabled by default.
When you plug a smart card reader into the host system, the reader appears as two separate USB devices in Workstation. This is because you can use smart cards in one of two mutually exclusive modes.
Shared mode | (Recommended) The smart card reader device is available as Shared smart_card_reader_model in the Removable Devices menu. In Windows XP guest operating systems, the shared reader appears as USB Smart Card Reader after it is connected to the virtual machine. In Windows Vista and Windows 7 guest operating systems, the generic smart card reader device name appears under the Windows Device Manager list. The smart card reader can be shared among applications on the host system and among applications in different guest operating systems. |
USB passthrough mode | The smart card reader device is available as smart_card_reader_model in the Removable Devices menu. In USB passthrough mode, a single virtual machine directly controls the physical smart card reader. A USB passthrough smart card reader cannot be used by applications on the host system or by applications in other virtual machines. You should use USB passthrough mode only if connection in shared mode does not work well for your scenario. You might need to install the driver provided by the manufacturer to use USB passthrough mode. |
You can use smart cards with Windows operating systems and most Linux distributions. VMware provides full smart card support for Windows virtual machines running on Linux hosts. Using smart cards in Linux typically requires third-party software to effectively authenticate to a domain or enable secure communications.
Although smart cards should work with common Linux browsers, email applications, and directory services, these products have not been tested or certified by VMware.
Hi guys. I have never tried to set this up before and a little baffled by the process, but I have a 2009 MacBook that I just recently traded my old laptop in for and I don't know how to set up the card reader. I am in the Navy reserves, so having access to my webmail is extremely important. With the age of this laptop, I don't have a lot of space to set up Windows on the side through boot camp or really use virtual machines and constantly hooking up my external just to boot into Windows is really inconvienent time-wise. I have seen my friend use the same card reader on one of the newer MacBook Pro's, before Lion was released and it worked just fine. I went into keychain and saw where the card reader was detected, but when I put in my regular account password to unlock it, it just closes the login prompt and stays locked. I also put in the PIN to the card and it would not take that as a password.
I have tried using this card reader in both Safari 5.1 and Google Chrome 17.0.963.83 with no luck. The card reader light flashes as if the OS is reading the card, but it doesn't go beyond that and the page ends up getting denied. Do you guys have any suggestions on what to use to circumvent this problem, or is there something that I can do to my OS to unlock the CAC reader for use?
Just a few important specs to include about this computer:
Mac OS 10.6.8
120GB Hard drive
I wouldn't think anything else would matter at this point, but could be wrong. Does somebody know of a fix to this so that I don't have to use open source software and I don't have to go and buy the actual middleware? Thank you.
Below are pictures of what I am trying to do.
Scr3310 Usb Smart Card Reader
Here's what I see by accessing keychain...I am able to unlock system by using my password, but not he CAC reader.
This is the password box that it is requesting. I have used my account password and have tried using the PIN for the card with no luck from either.
If I cancel out of the prompt, as it prompts me 3 times, it brings up this screen. So I know that the support for it is there, but I can't figure out what is wrong.
Ako
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Scr3310 Card Reader Drivers
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