Re: [Fed-Talk] ActivIdentity USB Reader v3 and OS X?
Re: [Fed-Talk] ActivIdentity USB Reader v3 and OS X?
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] ActivIdentity USB Reader v3 and OS X?
- From: Paul Kwan <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 13:56:12 -0700
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] ActivIdentity USB Reader v3 and OS X?
The card reader is supported. The issue is with PIV card, the current 10.5
PIV tokend driver doesn't work with PIV card. The Apple bug number is
6469361. And they are working on it.
PSK
On 5/8/09 1:49 PM, "Miller, Timothy J." <email@hidden> wrote:
> OS X uses libccid as the main reader driver. Libccid's comprehensive list
> of supported readers is here:
>
> http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/section.html
>
> Note that Apple is usually using an older revision of libccid than current,
> but it's still the best place to start.
>
> -- Tim
>
>
> On 5/8/09 2:34 PM, "Nichols, Jared" <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> We used ActiveIdentity in a small PKI pilot and I found that it worked fine
>> under 10.4 but under 10.5, it wasn¹t recognized at all. I don¹t know if the
>> drivers have been updated since that though. The client still appears to
>> list
>> 10.4 as supported.
>>
>> http://www.actividentity.com/products/activclient_macosx__home.php
>>
>> j
>>
>>
>> On 5/8/09 13:53 , "Levine, Jason (NIH/NCI) [E]" <email@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all -- I've just discovered that when PIV cards (smartcards) are pushed
>>> out here as our new badges, the card reader that's going to be recommended
>>> for use is the ActivIdentity USB Reader v3. Does anyone have any experience
>>> using these on Macs?
>>>
>>> Thanks for any info you might be able to provide; I'm starting to gather
>>> whatever information we might need about these working vs. us needing to
>>> find another reader for Mac users.
>>>
>>> Again, thanks...
>>> Jason
>>>
>>
>> ---
>> Jared F. Nichols
>> Desktop Engineer, Infrastructure and Operations
>> Information Services Department
>> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
>> 244 Wood Street
>> Lexington, Massachusetts 02420
>> 781.981.5436
>>
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