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Subject: Re: summer of code idea: KDM fingerprint support
From: Christopher Blauvelt <cblauvelt () gmail ! com>
Date: 2009-03-19 19:21:40
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I've been doing some initial research into adding SC support to hal and
exporting that through Solid which should help in the device support side ie
reader added, SC inserted, etc.
Chris
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Albert Valiev <artscout@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 2009/3/19 Nikhil Marathe <nsm.nikhil@gmail.com>
>
>>
>>
>> On 3/19/09, Christopher Blauvelt <cblauvelt@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_cards
>>
>>
>> Oh, thats ok. But could you describe your real world usage scenario. Like
>> what kind of user interface and configuration you expect and so on...
>> OpenSC ( http://www.opensc-project.org/ ) seems to be a good library to
>> use for the backend.
>>
>> I think this should be like some kind of module in KDM, so that users who
>> don't have either fingerprint or smart card readers
>> don't get confused.
>> Nikhil
>>
>>
>> >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to
>> unsubscribe <<
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>
> Smart-card authentication already possible via PAM. I've used it in KDE-3.4
> wihtout any problems (used with aladdin's eToken PRO). KDM just need a
> different input field to enter pin-code (by default it uses password input
> field for that).
> BTW it very great idea, I wouldn't mind joining to this project as well.
> Don't know about fingerprint - I have no such device available at hand, but
> I can help with SC. Also I think that whole KDE need SC support, it would be
> great to have similar to windows functionality, lock screen when SC removed
> event for example, and other such features. Some of them need not only KDE,
> but xproto modification as well, for remote sessions auth support.
>
> Best regards, Albert R. Valiev
> ---------------------------------------------------
> ALT Linux Team [www.altlinux.ru]
>
>
> >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to
> unsubscribe <<
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<div>I've been doing some initial research into adding SC support to hal and \
exporting that through Solid which should help in the device support side ie reader \
added, SC inserted, etc.</div> <div>Chris<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Albert Valiev <span \
dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:artscout@gmail.com">artscout@gmail.com</a>></span> \
wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px \
0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">2009/3/19 \
Nikhil Marathe <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nsm.nikhil@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">nsm.nikhil@gmail.com</a>></span><br> <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: \
rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <div>
<div></div>
<div class="h5"><br><br>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/19/09, <b class="gmail_sendername">Christopher \
Blauvelt</b> <<a href="mailto:cblauvelt@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">cblauvelt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></div> <div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"><a \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_cards" \
target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_cards</a></blockquote> </div>
<div><br>Oh, thats ok. But could you describe your real world usage scenario. Like \
what kind of user interface and configuration you expect and so on...<br>OpenSC ( <a \
href="http://www.opensc-project.org/" \
target="_blank">http://www.opensc-project.org/</a> ) seems to be a good library to \
use for the backend.<br> <br>I think this should be like some kind of module in KDM, \
so that users who don't have either fingerprint or smart card readers \
<br>don't get confused.<br>Nikhil<br></div></div><br><br></div></div> <div \
class="im">>> Visit <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub" \
target="_blank">http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub</a> to \
unsubscribe <<<br><br></div></blockquote></div> <br><br>Smart-card \
authentication already possible via PAM. I've used it in KDE-3.4 wihtout any \
problems (used with aladdin's eToken PRO). KDM just need a different input field \
to enter pin-code (by default it uses password input field for that). <br> BTW it \
very great idea, I wouldn't mind joining to this project as well. Don't know \
about fingerprint - I have no such device available at hand, but I can help with SC. \
Also I think that whole KDE need SC support, it would be great to have similar to \
windows functionality, lock screen when SC removed event for example, and other such \
features. Some of them need not only KDE, but xproto modification as well, for remote \
sessions auth support. <br> <br>Best regards, Albert R. \
Valiev<br>---------------------------------------------------<br>ALT Linux Team [<a \
href="http://www.altlinux.ru/" \
target="_blank">www.altlinux.ru</a>]<br><br><br>>> Visit <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub" \
target="_blank">http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub</a> to \
unsubscribe <<<br> <br></blockquote></div><br>
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