[Fed-Talk] Why should we have to pay for basic functionality?
[Fed-Talk] Why should we have to pay for basic functionality?
- Subject: [Fed-Talk] Why should we have to pay for basic functionality?
- From: Max Thibodeaux <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:50:17 -0600
This is a grave insult that mac users have to pay an additional $60
just to use CAC cards on Active Directory.
from http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/02/05/directcontrol/index.php?
pf=1
Macs work with Common Access Card security
By Peter Cohen
Centrify’s DirectControl for Mac OS X enables Macs to work with
Microsoft Active Directory environments. Its newly announced
SmartCard Login Option enables those Macs to work with Department of
Defense (DoD) Common Access Cards (CACs) and other two-factor
authentication-based “smart cards.”
It will be available in early March, 2007. DirectControl for Mac OS X
is priced at $60 per computer; the SmartCard Login Option is an
additional $30 per workstation.
Common Access Cards are standard identification for active duty
military personnel, civilian employees and some contractors. They are
used not only for identification but also for security and data
encryption when working with computer systems under DoD control.
Mac OS X already supports Common Access Cards, but DirectControl
takes that support a step further by letting system administrators
use Group Policy functions in Active Directory to make sure that Mac
OS X systems working on the network adhere to organizational security
policies. DirectControl supports Mac OS X, Unix and Linux systems to
work as Active Directory clients. DirectControl supports online and
offline login with smart cards, as well. _______________________________________________
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