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August 2016

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Re: [SmartcardServices-Users] [Fed-Talk] CAC-enabled login OS X10.7 & 10.8
by Shawn Geddis 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

Michael, All Smart Card related questions should be communicated on Apple's SmartCardServices Project Lists over at MacOSForge.org. A brief debunking of misinformation previously shared on this thread... There are three methods for associating a Smart Card to a given user account in either the local or remote DS. PubKey Hash - Default method used by OS X and requires sc_auth Attribute Matching - requires /etc/cacloginconfig.plist PKINIT - requires /etc/cacloginconfig.plist and Mac bound to a KDC All methods require that the smartcard-sniffer line be present in /etc/authorization for catching the Smart Card and gathering the PIN for the associated Challenge Response with the card for use of the Private Key on the card. Tokend modules no longer ship with OS X (as of OS X Lion), but are freely available for 10.7, 10.8 from Apple's SmartCardServices project at MacOSForge. This is why nothing happens when you insert a reader / card on a vanilla install of OS X Lion or higher. ALL other components of SmartCard Services are present and have even been updated in released versions of OS X since OS X Lion v10.7.0. Project Site: http://smartcardservices.macosforge.org/ Installers: http://smartcardservices.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/installers There are also third-party commercially supported solutions from, for example, Centrify, charismathics and Thursby. ".....Comparing against 10.4 references these seem to indicate that smart card login is already enabled, besides the name change from smartcard-sniffer to PKINITMechanism...." No, "smartcard-sniffer" is NOT a name change for PKINITMechanism. "smartcard-sniffer" performs a swap of the login window (dynamically) and captures PIN "PKINITMechanism" performs the Apple provided PKINIT services for Login Authentication. "...Unfortunately Apple dropped support and now it is a requirement in many places, all places that supply Windows-software for this but if you use OS X you have to find your own solution..." You have the SAME functionality still offered via my installers from Apple's MacOSForge Project You have multiple commercial solutions as well as noted above: Centrify, charismathics and Thursby. Please register and redirect ALL Smart Card related questions to one of the appropriate Mailing list on MacOSForge. http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo Smart Card Users: https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/smartcardservices-users Smart Card Developers: https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/smartcardservices-dev - Shawn ______________________________________________________ Shawn Geddis geddis(a)me.com Enterprise Security Consulting Engineer, Apple geddis(a)apple.com MacOSForge: Smart Card Services Project Lead: Web: http://smartcardservices.macosforge.org/ Lists: http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo ______________________________________________________ On Feb 19, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Michael Kluskens <mklus(a)ieee.org> wrote: > I'm well aware of the sc_auth command and on previous versions of OS X I had CAC login enabled. However, in testing an OS X Lion and an OS X Mt. Lion system, inserting the CAC card has no effect. Both systems otherwise have full CAC functionality and I used the Identity Private Key. > > I have not yet tried this on a clean system with no security configuration (disabling suid's binaries, etc.) so it is possible that both systems have been broken with regards to CAC login. > > I was hoping someone could actually confirm what setup works on OS X 10.7 & 10.8 because at present the discussed information has not worked for me. > > Looking at /etc/authorization under system.login I see: > > builtin:policy-banner > loginwindow:login > builtin:reset-password,privileged > builtin:forward-login,privileged > builtin:auto-login,privileged > builtin:authenticate,privileged > PKINITMechanism:auth,privileged > loginwindow:success > HomeDirMechanism:login,privileged > HomeDirMechanism:status > MCXMechanism:login > loginwindow:done > > and under authenticate I see: > > builtin:authenticate > builtin:reset-password,privileged > builtin:authenticate,privileged > PKINITMechanism:auth,privileged > > Comparing against 10.4 references these seem to indicate that smart card login is already enabled, besides the name change from smartcard-sniffer to PKINITMechanism. > > Michael > >> From: "Danberry, Michael J Mr ARMY GUEST USA" <michael.danberry(a)us.army.mil> >> The specific location for this information is at: http://militarycac.com/errors2.htm#OTHER_QUESTIONS. Question 2 > >> From: "Bomar, Matt W ERDC-RDE-ITL-MS Contractor" <Matthew.W.Bomar(a)erdc.dren.mil> >> >> Have you looked at the "sc_auth" command? It should allow you to associate >> a certificate with a local user account for CAC login. It's still present >> in 10.8. >> >> On 2/14/13 4:30 PM, "Michael Kluskens" <mklus(a)ieee.org> wrote: >> >>> What are the choices for CAC enabled login on OS X 10.7 & 10.8. >>> >>> I'm looking at OS X systems which may not have access to a MS Domain >>> Server, i.e. isolated network. Some would have access and some would not >>> have access all the time. >>> >>> I thought maybe some changes to /etc/authorization might reenable >>> CAC-login but I haven't started an attempt yet. >>> >>> Unfortunately Apple dropped support and now it is a requirement in many >>> places, all places that supply Windows-software for this but if you use >>> OS X you have to find your own solution.

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Italian social services smartcard
by Luca Accomazzi 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

First, a bit of context. I hold a doctorate on computer science, and it’s possibile that I’ve been using Apple computers since before you were born (this is a picture of the first original software package I bought: https://cuoredimela.accomazzi.it/images/1-software-per-apple-ii.jpg) but I know next to nothing about smartcards (even if I am familiar with DH theorem, keys, certificates, yadda-yadda). Now for the problem. All Italian citizens are issues one of these smartcards: http://www.migrando.it/UserFiles/Image/News/454_sanitatesserasanitaria.jpg we normally use them at the doctor’s and inside hospitals to be identified and to get appointments. For my next book, I’m trying to understand how it might be possible to use Macs to access some social services that a few Italian regions and the national administration are supposed to offer to their citizens via those things. Most administrations here ignore Mac users, all official websites but one do not offer instructions for macOS, the one that does suggests an incredibly byzantine procedure mandating the use of Firefox and last updated during Mavericks’s lifetime. For example, I’m supposed to be able to go here https://telematicisc.agenziaentrate.gov.it/ClientReg/Abilitazione/AbilitaSm… do a first access using my card and a PIN I’ve been issued, then go here https://telematicisc.agenziaentrate.gov.it/ClientAuth/Login and pay my taxes or ask for refunds. I’ve been googling the issue for the last couple of days and nobody here seems to make head or tails of this. I could only find a document saying that the card contains an X.509 certificate, RSA 1024 bit public-private keys and a few other personal identification informations. My dream is to be able to take the darn private key from my card (I do have a reader at hand, it’s an ACR38 from these guys: http://www.acs.com.hk/en/driver/4/acr38-smart-card-reader/) , save it in the Keychain and forget about the smartcard. If I were asked to engineer a security system I would not allow copying the private key, though, so I realize this is likely impossible. Help please (and I probably left of quite a few important details, so ask me anything). Thanks in advance, Luca

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