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Posted by Byron Hynes [MS] on December 13, 2005, 7:52 pm
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I think what you may have heard about is using a Smart Card to access a TS
session. Smart Cards are normally available as a card like a credit card,
but they are also sold as a USB dongle that combines the smart card chip
and the reader in one small unit.
To use these, you'd need to understand enough about PKI to deploy a smart
card solution, which is not trivial. This is a good article to look at, though,
about the interaction between TS and Smart Cards:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/ServerHelp/8d04b016-1018-4cf0-bf35-3268d36d6e4b.mspx
If that's not what you were thinking about, I am not aware of any other USB
logon for terminal services, certainly nothing endorsed or supported by
Microsoft.
Byron Hynes
Windows Server
Microsoft Corporation
http://spaces.msn.com/members/byronphynes
> We are looking to allow our clients access to a terminal server to use
> a custom application. We want to add security to the login process
> through the use of a USB key. I am leery about this solution because I
> am not exactly sure how the terminal services session will read the
> key prior to allowing the terminal session to begin. Could someone
> please help me understand if this is even possible and if so how it
> works? Also, any recommended companies to purchase the keys from would
> be a great additional help. Thank you for the clarification.
>
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