Classic Client		In Production

The smart way to protect your network

Creating trust on your corporate network

Organizations today face a continuous stream of new business opportunities. To take advantage of these opportunities, organizations need to leverage new technologies such as remote access, intranet/extranets, and electronic commerce. The success of these new initiatives depends on a solid security system. Businesses can be fractured if the network security is inadequate to build the necessary confidence and provide the needed protection to leverage new technologies. Classic Client delivers an easy-to-use smart card solution designed to secure all network communications, allowing you to leverage these technologies to expand your business. It is the perfect complement to your network security implementation.

Secure web and network services by storing your digital identity on a smart card

Classic Client is a smart card-based crypto-library product that brings portability and the highest level of security to enterprise networks. It is an easily integrated system that delivers all key functionalities required for a safe corporate infrastructure:

Secure smart card authentication when accessing desktop, network and web applications
Smart card enabled digital signing and encryption of e-mail exchange through Microsoft®, IBM Lotus® and Netscape® suites
Smart card enabled digital signing of Microsoft® Office and Adobe® documents

Classic Client allows organizations to escalate productivity, increase profitability, and secure the corporate information flow between employees, partners, customers, and suppliers.

Highest level of Security

Classic Client offers the highest level of security, using public-key cryptography to store the digital identity on a smart card instead of a PC where it is vulnerable to hackers. PIN (Personal Identification Number) codes ensure proper identification while the microprocessor on the card transparently carries out user authentication. The solution integrates seamlessly with the latest standards for secure web access (SSLv3, TLSv1) and e-mail (S/MIME).

Portability

With Classic Client, users can store their identity and confidential information on a smart card, enabling complete portability. Traveling with your electronic identity in your pocket, network services can now be accessed simply and securely from any Classic Client-equipped PC in the world.

Ease-of-use

Thanks to Classic Client deployment, administration and use of smart cards is now simplified: IT department can enforce a specific PIN policy and limit card usage functions, helpdesk can help user to unblock the card, software certificates can be imported on the card, and user can be forced to change PIN code at first use.

Ready to integrate

In order to ease the integration of the Classic Edition solution, specific packages have been designed.

Classic Client OEM Edition provides the minimal software components to access Classic Edition smart cards through PKCS#11 and CSP interfaces (on demand).

Classic Client Integrator Kit provides software components, sample source code and documentation to help developers within the integration of the Classic Edition solution (on demand)

Technical Specifications

Software

RSA public key cryptography
SSLv3 client authentication for secure web access
S/MIME digital signature and 40-bit encryption for secure e-mail
CryptoAPI-enabled for use with Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Outlook Express
PKCS #11-enabled for use with Firefox and Netscape
Onboard key generation
External loading of keys and certificates
User Setup management: create specific user setup packages for deployment
Certificate management: certificate automatic registration, view, import, export and delete
PIN Management: PIN policy, change PIN at first use, change and unblock PIN tools

Operating Systems

Windows 2000, XP, Vista and Server 2003
Linux Red Hat v4 and Debian Etch (only PKCS#11 interface) for Classic TPC only

Smart Cards

Manufactured to ISO 7816-1, -2, -3, and -4 specifications
Onboard RSA up to 2048-bit signature and key unwrapping
X.509v3 certificate storage
16/32/64KB EEPROM
Supported Gemalto Smart Cards and Tokens: Classic TPC (with Classic v1 or v2 applet installed and pre-personalized) and Classic MDE.

Card Readers

Support any smart card readers compliant with PC/SC and certified by the Microsoft WHQL
Support the Gemalto PC Pinpad secure reader