GUI support for smart-cards/tokens

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ruslan_ka
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GUI support for smart-cards/tokens

Post by ruslan_ka » Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:34 pm

Hello all.

Dear OpenVPN GUI contributors,

The feature request - recognise smart-card PIN request and show it to user, when work like service + GUI.

What is the problem: we want to use OpenVPN client for windows with tokens (smart-cards). If I start openvpn as standalone program (in terminal mode) - everything ok, token works, openvpn asks PIN for it, and connects to the server. But - this mode IS require administration rights for user. It is unacceptable - are we talking about security software, aren't? Moreover - it is hard to explain to user why should they work with this terrible black window :)

If I try to use OpenVPN service + OpenVPN GUI the system will not ask token PIN (e.g. - if you use file certificate - GUI will ask you certificate password).

I suppose it is easy to fix - just add one more string pattern :)

Thanks in advance and
Yours faithfully,
Ruslan

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