HID Crescendo C1150 Administration Guide - Manual (Page 8)

HID Global Crescendo C1150 – Administration Guide
Page 8 of 115 November 2013
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2.0 Introduction
2.1 Product Overview
This release of the Mini Driver is designed to support the Crescendo C1150 and is a key
component of the HID logical and physical access convergence solution.
Crescendo smart cards include a PKI chip that provides extended cryptographic capabilities,
expanding the number of supported services:
 Authenticate to Microsoft Windows (online or offline).
 Authenticate to secure web sites.
 Authenticate to remote networks via a VPN.
 Authenticate to remote sessions authentication using Citrix® or Microsoft terminal
server technologies.
 Sign emails, forms and documents.
 Encrypt emails, documents and disks.
The Mini Driver also enables users to personalize their smart cards by:
 Defining a PIN code.
 Downloading certificates.
If the same smart card is used on a workstation with ActivID ActivClient instead of the Mini
Driver, you have access to additional services, such as:
 PKI services with a PKCS#11 library (compatibility with Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird®).
 Automated configuration for PKI applications (such as Microsoft Outlook).
 One-Time Password services enabling support for a wider range of remote access and
VPN services.
 User-based card management services (card content viewer, diagnostics tool,
notifications, standalone management services, etc.).