I'm no expert, hardly, but I imagine you can do something custom with
mini-CDs, CDs, floppys, or USB keys that hold the certificate data,
and just set the authenticating machine to run the auto-play through
the authenticating program, with the added benefit that they can
function like a USB dongle-lock, so the computers won't function if
they don't have the cd/usb key/etc.

Just my two cents
John Calvin

On 8/28/07, Thor (Hammer of God) <thor (at) hammerofgod (dot) com [email concealed]> wrote:
> Greetings security professionals:
>
> Has anyone worked with a software Smart Card emulation package they can
> recommend? The goal is to test different "client authentication"
> Windows smart card implementations without having to go out and purchase
> the actual physical hardware (and cards) to do so. Basically, I want
> something that will let me offer up a cert to a server/service as if it
> were a "smart card."
>
> tia
> t
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> vinni, viddi, vinni denuo
>
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