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I installed Entrust TruePass Server and Entrust SAS on the first PC. On the second PC I installed Entrust Authority Security Manager and Entrust Authority Roaming Server. The third PC acted as a Web client and was installed with a card reader. I installed Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 with the high encryption pack on the Web client. My first inclination was to install a more recent service pack on the servers, but the Entrust Authority server leverages an Informix database that requires SP1, according to Entrust. I was disappointed with this limitation.
Speedy Results
In my tests, I chose the smartcard option to store the digital ID. I installed a Schlumberger USB Reflex reader on a laptop running Windows 2000 Professional SP1--a breeze as the drivers are native to that OS--and to Windows XP. Storing the credentials on the card during the registration process before authentication took less than five minutes, compared with several hours of layered server installs on the other PCs. Once the card was inserted and prompted to access Web data, the credentials successfully authenticated the client PC and granted access to the Web site.
For test purposes, I created a flat text file containing user IDs and passwords. In a production environment, an encrypted database such as Protegrity might be used.
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