Windows XP Smart Card Reader

Hi,

I was hoping to start looking at Smart Cards for user authentication in a
corporate environment.
As part of this though I was wondering if you can use a Smart Card reader /
card combination on a standalone Windows XP machine (for testing) or it does
have to be part of a Windows 2003 active directory?
Based on any of the above can anyone recommend a fairly good cheap Card
reader for doing some simple testing? I was thinking of putting it on my home
XP setup.

Thanks for your help.

You may already know this, but the new dell computers can come with a smart
card reader built in to the keyboard - mine did. As far as the rest of it
goes (AD and 2003) I'm not as knowledgable - so will let others answer there.
--
Tom Zucker-Scharff
Systems Administrator




"Jarv" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I was hoping to start looking at Smart Cards for user authentication in a
> corporate environment.
> As part of this though I was wondering if you can use a Smart Card reader /
> card combination on a standalone Windows XP machine (for testing) or it does
> have to be part of a Windows 2003 active directory?
> Based on any of the above can anyone recommend a fairly good cheap Card
> reader for doing some simple testing? I was thinking of putting it on my home
> XP setup.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>