[Typo3-dev] TYPO3 and PKI authentication

[Martin Kutschker]

Sven Wilhelm schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
>> Has anybody tied TYPO3 to some kind of authentication via a PKI? I'm 
>> thinking of SSLv3 cerificates, key cards and the likes.
> 
> yes, for a institute at an university I have to do this.
> There is an upcoming central PKI structure.
> 
> At the moment I'm working with a certificate in my browser (also possible).
> 
> The most work therefore has to be done by Apache itself.
> The ssl module has to check the chain and export the informations of the 
> certificate as environment variables. If the ssl module tells you that 
> all is ok, you can do give typo3 an OK.

Fine just as I expected with certifcates.

Is anybody here who uses key cards? I've never used them myself and have 
no idea how the key on the card (or dongle, USB stick, etc) can be 
transmitted via the browser to the web server.

Thanx,
Masi