shadowlion
October 2nd, 2006, 19:29
Darkart Logon Questions and I guess requests for the next version..
Iv been testing Darkart Logon / Manager & formatter for the last week with Sun Rays Ultra Thin Clients & Terminal Services and here is what I have found, Liked, Disliked and have some questions on.
First off, your site lists Schlumberger Payflex smart card series as being compatible. However I have found that Sun Microsystems Smartcards (Schlumberger Playflex with sun painting on the card) PN: 370-4328-01 does NOT work with Darkart at all… The Manager just displays them as being unformatted and the formatter just spits out errors when I try to format one… and these cards are fresh out of the box with no formatting on them that I know of.
Now Sun Ray supports a ton of other Smart Cards so I started using Gemplus Cards and I could get the same Gemplus cards to work with Darkart and Sun Ray with out any problems. The Fun part starts when you try to Log on using the same card from the Sun Ray into a Windows Terminal Services session.
With the Sun Ray Windows Connector I can make the Windows Terminal Server allow Smart Card Authentication as if the reader was in fact connected to that server for each user (PC /SC SRCOM bypass) but Darkart just sees the Card (Gemplus) as being unformatted. Darkart can see the Sun Rays Card Reader, so can MS Windows and using Smart Card ToolSet PRO v3.3 I can read the information on the card. If I try to use the Darkart Formatter I just give errors (Note: I have preformatted these cards with Darket on a workstation and tested them to make sure they worked).
Now I know Sun Ray is not the problem here because Windows will let me Log in with the Smart card via the Sun Ray no problem. Now why would I want to use Darket if I can use Microsoft solution for free? Well because it’s a big pain in the ass. I would have to build a certificate authority on my domain and to do it the “right way” I would have to build another server and buy a Windows Server Copy just for that. That’s what I like about Darkart… I don’t have to build a certificate authority and deal with all the MS bull.
After reading other posts I gather that Darkart does not play nice with MS Terminal Services and I hope that is the only reason that Darkart is not working this solution.
So back to my base questions:
1.) Why is the Schlumberger Playflex Cards not working?
2.) Will the next version of Darkart support MS Terminal Services (on Win2003) or XP / Vista RDP?
3.) Is there anything I can do to make it work with the current Darkart Login Ver?
4.) If there is a Beta that will work can I test it?
I would like to use Darkart over MS Solution for my Sun Ray implementation for this company, so any help you can give would be appreciated.
Gordon N.
Windsor Security Limited.
Iv been testing Darkart Logon / Manager & formatter for the last week with Sun Rays Ultra Thin Clients & Terminal Services and here is what I have found, Liked, Disliked and have some questions on.
First off, your site lists Schlumberger Payflex smart card series as being compatible. However I have found that Sun Microsystems Smartcards (Schlumberger Playflex with sun painting on the card) PN: 370-4328-01 does NOT work with Darkart at all… The Manager just displays them as being unformatted and the formatter just spits out errors when I try to format one… and these cards are fresh out of the box with no formatting on them that I know of.
Now Sun Ray supports a ton of other Smart Cards so I started using Gemplus Cards and I could get the same Gemplus cards to work with Darkart and Sun Ray with out any problems. The Fun part starts when you try to Log on using the same card from the Sun Ray into a Windows Terminal Services session.
With the Sun Ray Windows Connector I can make the Windows Terminal Server allow Smart Card Authentication as if the reader was in fact connected to that server for each user (PC /SC SRCOM bypass) but Darkart just sees the Card (Gemplus) as being unformatted. Darkart can see the Sun Rays Card Reader, so can MS Windows and using Smart Card ToolSet PRO v3.3 I can read the information on the card. If I try to use the Darkart Formatter I just give errors (Note: I have preformatted these cards with Darket on a workstation and tested them to make sure they worked).
Now I know Sun Ray is not the problem here because Windows will let me Log in with the Smart card via the Sun Ray no problem. Now why would I want to use Darket if I can use Microsoft solution for free? Well because it’s a big pain in the ass. I would have to build a certificate authority on my domain and to do it the “right way” I would have to build another server and buy a Windows Server Copy just for that. That’s what I like about Darkart… I don’t have to build a certificate authority and deal with all the MS bull.
After reading other posts I gather that Darkart does not play nice with MS Terminal Services and I hope that is the only reason that Darkart is not working this solution.
So back to my base questions:
1.) Why is the Schlumberger Playflex Cards not working?
2.) Will the next version of Darkart support MS Terminal Services (on Win2003) or XP / Vista RDP?
3.) Is there anything I can do to make it work with the current Darkart Login Ver?
4.) If there is a Beta that will work can I test it?
I would like to use Darkart over MS Solution for my Sun Ray implementation for this company, so any help you can give would be appreciated.
Gordon N.
Windsor Security Limited.