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Enabling Secure PIN Entry on NetKey 3.0 Cards

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If you use the smartcard Cryptographic Provider provided by T-Systems for the card, you’ll notice that by default you are prompted to enter the PIN of the smartcard via the standard keyboard, even if you have class 2 reader, which has its own pin pad. This behavior can be easily changed with a small change in the registry. Just open the Windows Registry Editor and navigate to the node HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\T-Systems\CardMiniDriverTCOS3\MSCP and change the value of the field usePinPad from false to true. The next time you are required to enter the PIN, you are asked to do it via the pin pad of the smartcard reader. You might need to remove and insert the smartcard to get this to work.


Posted by Henning Krause on Friday, November 26, 2010 9:01 AM, last modified on Friday, November 26, 2010 9:01 AM
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