Solaris Smart Card Features

Solaris Smart Cards enables secure login to the Solaris desktop environment or other applications by using a smart card. Information stored on the smart card verifies the identity of the user during login. Users who cannot provide the same login information that is on the smart card are denied access to the application.

The Solaris Smart Cards software:

• Implements the open card framework (OCF) 1.1 standard for smart cards

• Supports a variety of card readers

• Supports three widely used smart cards

• Allows management from the SmartCard Console or the Solaris command line

• Protects login to the desktop environment or other applications, through use of the password, PIN, and challenge-response authentication methods

• Lets a user store security credentials directly onto the card (Java cards only)