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RE: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+
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RE: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+


  • Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+
  • From: "Adams, Walter CTR CNIC HQ, N61" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:53:09 -0500
  • Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+

Neill,

I tried this on 10.5.6 and Firefox recognized the new module but it (Firefox) became unstable after that.  Firefoz started to lock up and require a Force Quit to allow its use.  I ended up removing the module from the Firefox interface as a result.

I hope that there is something else missing that was not part of the instructions...

Walter

Walter Adams
Program Manager & Chief Architect PSNet
email@hidden
703-518-5527 (Office)



-----Original Message-----
From: Thornton, Neill R. CIV [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Fri 16-Jan-09 04:31
To: Mueller, David S CIV SSC San Diego, 2872; Adams, Walter CTR CNIC HQ, N61
Cc: Apple FED-TALK
Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+

Maybe this will finally fix my CAC / Firefox issues!  To be honest, it has become a gamble every morning when I show up to work on whether or not I am going to be able to use it, or if Firefox will even start at all.

--
Neill Thornton
ADP Division, USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) Medical Treatment Facility
email@hidden / email@hidden

-----Original Message-----
From: fed-talk-bounces+neill.thornton=email@hidden [mailto:fed-talk-bounces+neill.thornton=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Mueller, David S CIV SSC San Diego, 2872
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 8:58 AM
To: Adams, Walter CTR CNIC HQ, N61
Cc: Apple FED-TALK
Subject: RE: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+

I use the CoolKey package from the CoolKey site:

http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/BuildCoolKey#Pre_Built_Binary

The following Terminal commands can be used to install it; I assume
you've already used cd to change to the directory that the CoolKey
package was downloaded to:

$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib
$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/include
$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
$ unzip mac-coolkey-1.1.0.zip
$ cd usr/local/CoolKey
$ sudo cp -r lib/* /usr/local/lib/
$ sudo cp -r include/* /usr/local/include/
$ sudo cp -r bin/* /usr/local/bin/

Once that is done, the path to Coolkey to use in Firefox and Adobe
Reader is:

/usr/local/lib/pkcs11/libcoolkeypk11.dylib

- David

-----Original Message-----
From: Adams, Walter CTR CNIC HQ, N61
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:33 PM
To: Mueller, David S CIV SSC San Diego, 2872
Cc: Apple FED-TALK
Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+


David,

Thanks.

I have done all that but Firefox still does not see my CAC or its certs?
What do I need to do to make that happen?

I can't seem to get to your email message in the Archives.  Can you
resend?

Thanks,

Walter


On 1/7/09 1:50 PM, "Mueller, David S CIV SSC San Diego, 2872"
<email@hidden> wrote:

> Walter,
>
> You can use the Coolkey module from Fedora/Red Hat.  I previously
> posted instructions on how to install it to this list here:
>
> http://lists.apple.com/archives/fed-talk/2008/Oct/msg00057.html
>
> The previous note mentions the path to Coolkey to use in Firefox, but
> didn't mention where to put it.  For Firefox 3, you go to Firefox ->
> Preferences -> Advanced -> Encryption -> Security Devices -> Load.
> Then enter the path in the Module Path box and "Coolkey" (or whatever
> you
> want) in the Module Name box.
>
> - David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adams, Walter CTR CNIC HQ, N61
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:35 AM
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+
>
>
> Has anyone figured out a configuration/software bundle that will get
> Firefox to access CAC based certificates when using OS X 10.5.4 or
> later with the Apple CAC related patches?
>
> There are some sites that just will not work with Safari (I am
> actually running 10.5.6 and I have identify preferences entered in
> KeyChain
> Access) and it works with some DoD sites.
>
> Unfortunately other web sites don't work with the Apple supplied
> Safari based approach so I am hoping that Firefox might do the trick.
>
> Any help will be much appreciated.
>
> Walter

Walter Adams
Program Manager & Chief Architect PSNet email@hidden
703-518-5527 (Office)

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 >Re: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+ (From: "Adams, Walter CTR CNIC HQ, N61" <email@hidden>)
 >RE: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+ (From: "Mueller, David S CIV SSC San Diego, 2872" <email@hidden>)
 >RE: [Fed-Talk] CAC's Firefox and OS X 10.5.4+ (From: "Thornton, Neill R. CIV" <email@hidden>)

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