Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
Using Smart Cards for Logon Access
Increased security is provided for the logon process in secured infrastructures using so-called smart cards for logon access; these smart cards are fully supported in Windows Server 2012. A smart card can exist in multiple forms, commonly as a credit card-sized piece of plastic with an encrypted microchip embedded within or as a USB key. Each user is assigned a unique smart card and an associated PIN. Logging on to a workstation or server is as straightforward as inserting the smart card into a smart card reader and entering in the PIN, which can be a combination of numbers and letters, similar to a password.
Security can be tightened further by requiring that when the smart card is removed the user is automatically ...
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