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Thursby Software Systems

According to, smartcard support should be buit-in. However, in my experience, it's not that easy. You can get compatible card readers, but getting it to work with DOD websites is more problematic. Thursby software has been producing a lot of CAC compatibility software lately, which I believe has to do with the Army looking into Mac OS X servers. Is available which allows you to use your CAC with Safari and log into PKI websites. However, they want $200 for the software. I'm not sure who they expect is going to pay that much, except the Government, which is another reason I think it is somehow tied to the Army experiment.

I sent an email to them asking about some sort of a Home Use program like Microsoft has. According to, smartcard support should be buit-in. However, in my experience, it's not that easy.

You can get compatible card readers, but getting it to work with DOD websites is more problematic. Thursby software has been producing a lot of CAC compatibility software lately, which I believe has to do with the Army looking into Mac OS X servers. Is available which allows you to use your CAC with Safari and log into PKI websites. However, they want $200 for the software.

I'm not sure who they expect is going to pay that much, except the Government, which is another reason I think it is somehow tied to the Army experiment. I sent an email to them asking about some sort of a Home Use program like Microsoft has. Yep, $200 is a crazy price for what you are trying to achieve. And it is not what ADmitMac for CAC (AFC) is designed for.

AFC is a full Active Directory implementation for the Mac with integrated single sign-on capabilities. It has passed JITC certification and has a bunch of features that are not for the typical home user. Practical automation etx drivers for mac.

Simple AKO sign-on from home was not a goal of the product. What it sounds like you are looking for is what Apple's advertises as coming with the OS. The problem is that many of these pieces have had problems playing together. For the AFC product we have spent a lot of time (and money) to work around some of Apple's current problems (including things like them breaking Oberthur CAC cards).

These were all meant to be temporary workarounds that ended up helping a lot of home users in the meantime. Instead of some 'Home Use' program where we charge you some nominal fee for these 'fixes', we are reviewing what Apple's public plans are to resolve the issues and then may make some of them available for free. This will probably be decided in the next couple of weeks. Hope that this helps some in understanding why AFC is over priced for what you are trying to achieve, but is appropriate for what the product was designed for. I tried tracking down the FederalSmartCardPackage.pkg likewise, but had no luck. I did find the Smart Card Set Up guide which is different from the FSCP.

The security architecture MacOsX v10.4 and later includes improvements in smart card services and integration. Smart card services are preinstalled with MacOsX Tiger and later, and no longer require installation of smart card software. Warning: previous smart card software and settings are not compatible with Mac Os X Tiger and later.

To install, you may want to download a copy of TinerTool first, as you'll need to access/change hidden files. if you don't know how to edit these files, then you shouldn't try this yourself. Apple Footer.

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