What are the steps required to get smart-cards authentication working in ASP.net?
- Smart-card reader is installed and works properly on the client’s machine
- user navigates to Login.aspx page and is prompted to swipe his access card
- how do i authenticate the user
thanks.
The only way that I know to access a hardware device on a client machine through ASP.Net is by writing an ActiveX control. Doing this will render the site useless to anyone not running Internet Explorer. Based on my experience, you can say that IE is your standard, but there will be people attempting to use other browsers. And that’s fine as long as you have the support of your App Admin team to say, “Sorry, use IE or don’t use it at all”.