You don't need middleware for it to work with a MAC, at least with the ActivCard I am using. I used a windows box to upgrade the firmware. Then I plugged it into my mac, put my CAC card in and was on DoD website once I added the certificates. It is working good, though I wish Safari was better! Note: I am using OSX 10.5.2 and a USB ActivCard reader. Checkout this link and pay special attention to the links the author references at the end. There is a link to a guy that has the firmware update for the ActivCard reader I am using.

It works with apple mail, entourage, and with Safari. I use it to input data at a DoD website, and it is clunky with Safari, because they us IE standards, but I am getting by now. My earlier link worked at work because I had my CAC in!!! OK: Here is the firmware flashing download! It was hard to find, but the google 'gods' smiled on me Edit: Follow link to SmartCards/Drivers/FirmwareFlashing and you will find the firmware.

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A direct link to it would not work. And here is one link that will help: And another!!! Notice the directions for firmware updating requires windows, I think there is actually an updated firmware somewhere to do it from linux and MAC.

Good luck and hope this helps! Q's about VM fusion & flashing the cac reader So glad I found this thread, seems like you guys have done what I am trying to do. I want to use my DOD CAC card with my ActivCard reader on my imac. I have an imac with VMFusion running XP.

It recognizes there is a USB card reader, but acts as if the drivers are not installed. Won't recognize there is a card in the reader, shows up in the Device Manager as an 'other device' with a yellow explaination point. Right clicking on update driver to find one or install one from the csmmicro site doesn't work.

If anyone knows how to fix this I would like to use VMFusion b/c the card reader is my companies and not sure I could flash the firmware. About flashing the firmware. Can I get it back to what it is now? 3.I also use the card reader with my PC when I travel and think if I changed the firmware I would not be able to use it with my PC and imac. Is this true? Thanks so much for your time. So glad I found this thread, seems like you guys have done what I am trying to do.

I want to use my DOD CAC card with my ActivCard reader on my imac. I have an imac with VMFusion running XP. It recognizes there is a USB card reader, but acts as if the drivers are not installed.

Won't recognize there is a card in the reader, shows up in the Device Manager as an 'other device' with a yellow explaination point. Right clicking on update driver to find one or install one from the csmmicro site doesn't work. If anyone knows how to fix this I would like to use VMFusion b/c the card reader is my companies and not sure I could flash the firmware. About flashing the firmware. Can I get it back to what it is now? Best mac eyeshadow for brown eyes. 3.I also use the card reader with my PC when I travel and think if I changed the firmware I would not be able to use it with my PC and imac.

Is this true? Thanks so much for your time. Flashed Reader The flashed reader should work on both the Mac and the PC. The Mac will recognize it automagically.

I remember reading somewhere that the PC will require updated drivers once it has been flashed. You can download the drivers from the SCMicro website here: There is also a lot of good information on the Apple Fed mailing list: Also there are known issues in Leopard with certain manufacturers smart cards. Oberthur being one of them. Are there any battle royal games for mac. Thursby software put a work around in the AdmitMac For CAC software they wrote. I think they also submitted a bug to Apple and it may be addressed in 10.5.3.

Click to expand.I set this up when I was running 10.5.2 on my MacBook for work and 10.5.3 broke it, updating to 10.5.4 and it is now working for me. I am using an ActivCard USB reader that I flashed to allow use with MACs (I link this earlier in thread). I use it with a DoD CAC card and when I plug the USB reader in it goes steady green and then when I insert my CAC into the reader it starts blinking. I open keychain utility and I see my certificate there. I went to a DoD site and downloaded their certificates and added them into my keychain (google this as I honestly forget how I did it). Then I open Safari and when I go to the DoD I need access to, it pops up a window asking for my PIN.