Red Hat Security Enhancements: Smartcards And User Identity Management

Not content to rest on its laurels, Linux leader Red Hat is advancing its security aresenal with a number of enhancements and certifications. Red Hat Certificate System (RHCS) will be updated this year with support for smartcards and automated log-ins on Red Hat, as well as other platforms including Windows servers, desktop and Internet Explorer. RHCS, which evolved from technologies acquired from Netscape in 2004, triggers the deployment and maintenance of user identities via a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) (define).

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