HP ActivCard Smart Card Quick guide

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Implementation of an ActivCard® smart card solution on HP CCI
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Reference hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Configuration compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Software configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Step 1: Configuring a Certificate Authentication (CA) service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Step 2: Group policy setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Step 3: HP blade PC middleware configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Step 4: Client smart card driver configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Smart card setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Initialization of the smart card using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Initialization of the smart card using HP Session Allocation Manager Client (HPSAM Client) .14
Requesting a certificate from the blade PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Usage cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Usage case 1: User authentication from client device to blade PC using RDP . . . . . . . . . . .19
Usage case 2: User authentication from client device to blade PC using HPSAM client . . . .19
Usage case 3: Accessing secure Web site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Usage case 4: User authentication using VPN through firewall to blade PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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This white paper discusses the implementation of ActivCard® smart cards on HP Consolidated Client
Infrastructure (CCI). This white paper is not intended as a comprehensive overview of ActivCard smart
card technology.
NOTE: The images and instructions in this white paper use Microsoft Windows XPe; however, HP also
tested procedures using Microsoft XP Professional and Microsoft Windows CE.NET.
NOTE: The images in this white paper were created using ActivClient™. For information about ActivCard
Gold™, see the ActivCard Gold user guide.
Introduction
Smart cards can provide additional security to a CCI implementation. This paper describes a smart card
reference implementation that you can use in a dynamic or a static CCI environment.
Prerequisites
This white paper assumes that the reader is familiar with CCI and has a working knowledge of Microsoft
Group Policies, Microsoft Certificate Authentication (CA), and setting up smart card readers and middle-
ware.
Reference hardware and software
The following list provides the reference hardware and software used to validate the CCI product with a
smart card:
•Load Balancer.
• HP Server running F5 networks BigIP version 4.6.4.
or
• HP Server running HP Session Allocation Manager version 1.0.
•Primary Domain Controller.
• HP server running Microsoft Windows Enterprise 2003 Server SP1. Configured as DNS,
DHCP, IIS, CA, and secure Web site server.
•VPN Tunnel.
•Altiris Deployment Server.
•Network Switch.
•HPProcurve2626.

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•Blade Enclosure.
• HP e-class blade enclosure.
•Blade PCs
• HP bc1000 blade PC running Microsoft Windows XP SP2 w/HPSAM blade service installed.
• HP bc1500 blade PC running Microsoft Windows XP SP2 w/HPSAM blade service installed.
•Clients
• HP Compaq t5000 series thin client running Microsoft Windows XPe w/HPSAM blade ser-
vice installed.
• HP Compaq t5000 series thin client running Microsoft Windows CE w/HPSAM blade ser-
vice installed.
• HP desktop PC running Microsoft Windows XP w/HPSAM blade service installed.
•Smart Card Readers
• HP standard USB Smart Card Keyboard.
Driver: HPKBCCID.sys, version 4.28.0.1.
• USB CAC approved smart card reader (SCM Microsystems SCR331 Reader).
Driver: SCR33X2K.sys, version 4.27.00.01.
• Serial CAC approved smart card reader (SCM Microsystems SCR131 Reader).
• USB Combo Fingerprint & Smart Card reader (SCM Microsystems SPR337).
Driver: spr337.sys, version 1.16.00.01.
•ActivCard middleware
• ActivCard ActivClient v5.4.
• ActivCard Gold v2.2.
Configuration compatibility
HP has tested the following configurations using ActivCard ActivClient v5.4, ActivCard Gold v2.2 and
confirmed that the configurations work in a CCI environment.
HP USB Smart Card
Keyboard
SCM Microsystems
SCR331 USB Reader
USB Reader SCM
Microsystems
SCR131 Serial
Reader
Serial Reader SCM
Microsystems
SPR337 USB Combo
Reader
HPThinClientw/XPeXXXX
HP Thin Client w/CE.net X X X
HPDesktopw/XPProXXXX

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Software configuration
Configure the following items to set up a smart card solution on CCI:
1. Certificate Authentication (CA) service
2. Group policy settings
3. Middleware running on a HP blade PC
4. Smart card client driver
Step 1: Configuring a Certificate Authentication (CA) service
Configure a CA service. This white paper uses Microsoft Certificate Services to configure certificates.
Detailed instructions for installing a CA service is beyond the scope of this white paper. For more informa-
tion about installing Certificate Services, see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/smallbusi-
ness/prodtech/windowsserver2003/build_ent_root_ca.mspx and http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/
docs/support/SupportManual/c00363517/c00363517.pdf.
After you install the CA service, perform the following configuration steps:
1. Create an MMC with the following snap-ins:
• Active Directory Users and Computers
• Certification Authority
• Certificate Templates
2. Click Certificate Templates and look for the Smartcard Logon certificate in the right pane.
3. Create a duplicate template by right-clicking on the Smartcard Logon certificate template, and then
selecting Duplicate Template.

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4. Type a name for the new template in the Template display name box. This example uses CCI
Smartcard Logon.

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5. Click the Request Handling tab.
6. Select or type 1024 in the Minimum key size box.
7. Click the CSPs button.
8. Select Requests can use any CSP available on subject's computer.
9. Click the Security tab.

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10. In the Permissions for Authenticated Users box, in the Allow column, select Read and
Enroll.
You have completed creation of the template.
11. Copy the CCI Smartcard Logon certificate template into the Certificate Templates folder under the cer-
tificate server.
a) Expand the Certification Authority object in the MMC you created in step 1.
b) Expand your CA name.
c) Right-click on the Certificate Templates folder under the CA server.

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d) Select New > Certificate Template to Issue.
12. Select the template, and then click OK to import the template.

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Step 2: Group policy setting
Apply the following smart card group policy settings to the computer through a user policy setting or
through a computer policy setting:
•Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options - Inter-
active Logon: Require smart card, enable or disable. The default is disabled
•Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options - Inter-
active Logon: Smart card removal behavior, no action or lock workstation or force logoff. The default
is no action.

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Step 3: HP blade PC middleware configuration
The following provides HP blade PC software configuration:
•For the purposes of this white paper, an HP CCI implementation with the hardware and software
components listed in “Reference hardware and software” on page 2 was used.
•Install one of the following ActivCard middleware packages on the HP Blade PCs:
• ActivCard ActivClient v5.4
• ActivCard Gold v2.2
Step 4: Client smart card driver configuration
Configure thin client software (XPe and CE). Detailed instructions for installing drivers on an XPe or CE
image is beyond the scope of this white paper. You can find instructions for XPe at http://
h200001.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00264469/c00264469.pdf and instruc-
tions for CE http://h200001.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00234778/
c00234778.pdf.
>> Install the appropriate driver from the list below for the device that you will use.
• HP standard USB Smart Card Keyboard
Driver: HPKBCCID.sys, version 4.28.0.1