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Mac CAC preferred setup?
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Any CAC reader will do. Get the design you like. I use this one, but any of them will work.
Drop the minimal $ and buy PKard from Thursby. In the grand tradition of Apple stuff, It Just Works.
Drop the minimal $ and buy PKard from Thursby. In the grand tradition of Apple stuff, It Just Works.
http://militarycac.com/apple.htm
This site has it wired. Step by step directions on how to configure certificates etc. Should have everything you need.
This site has it wired. Step by step directions on how to configure certificates etc. Should have everything you need.
Thanks. I know and trust your nerd pedigree. Purchases made.
I started there, but there was a lot of information overload and too many choices. Essentially I didn't want to spend a day researching the best CAC reader, I just wanted something I could plug and play. Squorch's nerd/field tested solution was exactly what I was looking for.
Sad part is that the NEX is ripping off sailors by charging 29.95 for the exact same card reader. SMH.
BTW, I stopped using my card reader at home because I refuse to do Navy work at home (plus it helps that I retired and I no longer give a sh*t)
Maybe worth mentioning, maybe not with that software, but the OWA links on that page with the East coast, West coast and Europe URLs can be really useful. Sometimes one will be down or hugely congested, where the others work well.
Common errors are selecting the email certificate vs DOD certificate depending on what that particular site wants. When in doubt, close and relaunch browser forcing it to ask for a certificate again, as Safari seems to cache the last one used.
If you pick the wrong certificate and Safari won't bring up the certificate picker, use the following steps:
1) Quit Safari. Not just close windows, quit.
2) Launch Keychain Access.
2a) If necessary, click the padlock icon on the left side of the window and enter your admin password
3) Type in a word from the address of the site you're having trouble with. ("webmail" works for OWA, for instance.)
4) Select and delete the Identity Preference key(s).
That should do it.
1) Quit Safari. Not just close windows, quit.
2) Launch Keychain Access.
2a) If necessary, click the padlock icon on the left side of the window and enter your admin password
3) Type in a word from the address of the site you're having trouble with. ("webmail" works for OWA, for instance.)
4) Select and delete the Identity Preference key(s).
That should do it.
What are you looking to do? I have done the MilitaryCAC website and it was just too much as well and when it did work it only did so for a little while, I basically gave up. I have found a few sites that do work though with Chrome or Firefox so you might want to give either of those a try.
The whole damn world is compatible Mac but the Navy, another example of just how fucked up Navy IT really is (and don't come up with the sad excuse 'because of security' because that is just plain bullshit).
The whole damn world is compatible Mac but the Navy, another example of just how fucked up Navy IT really is (and don't come up with the sad excuse 'because of security' because that is just plain bullshit).
Contingent plan for telework, so largely just OWA. Also, DAU without the NMCI sped handicaps (I don't need a CAC for DAU though).
I have multiple identities...so at some sights I need to pick the right email certain (looking at you DCS*).
*i want to smack whoever decided to go away from Adobe's DCO. I hoped they're saving a ton of money because DCS is a not effective replacement for DCO.
And so BB goes down the tubes...
Good riddance to bad rubbish.