Re: Ultra 80 opinions (and a Sun Ray question)

From: Casper H.S. Dik (Casper.Dik_at_Sun.COM)
Date: 02/28/04 

Date: 28 Feb 2004 10:24:00 GMT

Garry <garry@bigoldfakeemailaddress.com> writes:

>Regarding the smart cards, I'm guessing I'll need to write stuff to the
>card to make it unique to the user (or are the cards already unique, and
>the details are held server-side?), so basically, to get the most out of
>the smart cards, do I need any other card reader than the ones on the
>Sun Rays? Are there any admin tasks which cannot be done with a Sun Ray,
>and need to be done with a card reader on a workstation, like the reader
>on a Sun Blade?

Smart cards carry a unique serial number; typically, smartcards are
used to uniquely identify sessions and not so much users.
(I.e., users log in normally but suspend their sessions by removing
the smartcard from the SunRAY and then possibly moving it to the next
SunRay.)

Casper 

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