ITworld: Secure Mac and Linux Authentication | Linux Today

ITworld: Secure Mac and Linux Authentication

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 2, 2005

“There are several reasons I’m not a big Apple fan (high prices,
blogger lawsuits etc.) but let’s blame them for the right things.
Some PC fans say the Mac isn’t ready for corporate use because
there’s no secure authentication option. You can still complain
about your first generation iPod battery, but you can’t complain
about this anymore.

“CryptoCard (.com) makes a variety of secure authentication and
ID management tools, and they just released support for OS X Tiger
(they already did Panther). For the rest of you PC alternative
fans, Linux support includes Red Hat, SuSE, and an easy compile
option for Debian…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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