Re: [Fed-Talk] [EXTERNAL] Re: MacOS X Catalina & CAC support
Re: [Fed-Talk] [EXTERNAL] Re: MacOS X Catalina & CAC support
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] [EXTERNAL] Re: MacOS X Catalina & CAC support
- From: Jeff Haferman via Fed-talk <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:16:07 -0700
I received the Outlook 16.30 upgrade for OSX last night, and after a
reboot I can confirm that I can now sign & encrypt emails using the
built-in CAC support.
On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 5:32 PM Hardis, Jonathan E. Dr. (Fed)
<email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Oct 10, 2019, at 7:57 PM, Jeff Haferman via Fed-talk
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> I read through this entire thread fairly thoroughly, but I still have
> a question. "Everything" that I want to work for CAC under Catalina
> seems to work with one exception (I am able to visit various
> CAC-enabled websites, & I can sign PDF documents in Acrobat).
> *However*, signing / encrypting emails in Outlook 2016 (16.29 to be
> exact) does not work. My CAC certificates appear in the Outlook ->
> Preferences -> Accounts -> Advanced -> Security dialog, but signing
> and encryption fail.
>
> Is this expected until Microsoft issues a new release, or is there a
> solution? Previously I had used CACkey but my understanding is that I
> should not be using anything other than the built-in ability on
> Catalina.
>
>
> Coincidentally, in a parallel e-mail discussion on another matter, our Mac
> support team said this earlier today:
>
> Upgrade to Outlook Insider preview
>
> This release has full “modern” PIV support on macOS. The final version of it
> should be released in the next couple of weeks, but by using the Insider
> Preview, you will retain access to encrypted email using PIV.
>
> i. You
> may need to reselect your PIV certificates once you upgrade.
> ii. You may
> lose access to emails encrypted with historical certificates on your PIV card.
>
> The current Office Outlook client uses the obsolete tokend methods and
> requires ActivClient to work with PIV.
>
>
> - Jonathan
>
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