Re: W2K PKI/SmartCard Questions

From: David Cross [MS] (dcross@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/01/03 

From: "David Cross [MS]" <dcross@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 10:26:19 -0800

Smartcard logon is not supported with downlevel clients. This is a feature
of Windows 2000 and abve only. 

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"Michael Brown" <michael.brown@vitalwave.net> wrote in message
news:05d901c2b02d$4953a2b0$8df82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA02...
> Hi All!
>
> I'm doing an evaluation of some possible PKI/Smart Card
> authentication
> scenarios for a client.
>
> In the scenario of a W2K Domain w/an Enterprise CA, how
> do downlevel clients
> (NT 4.0 and below) fit into the SmartCard scheme?  Does
> the DS client have
> any effect on downlevel client SmartCard functionality in
> this scenario?
>
> I can find all sorts of documentation on W2K/XP Pro in
> this scenario, but
> little to none on those poor downlevel clients.
>
> Also, if there's a related resource on the Web you find
> especially helpful,
> please post as well.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> mb
>
>