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Accessing Secure DoD Sites with Safari and a CAC

This has been an ongoing issue but a quick search of the forum reveals no topics in 2009, so I'm bringing it up again. If nothing else I have a dim hope that Apple might read these posts and take this as a suggestion.

There seems to be no way to use any Apple-based browser (Safari, Firefox, etc.) to access secure Department of Defense web sites with a Common Access Card and reader. I have a reader that is compatible with the OS, and my certificates appear in keychain. But the browsers, most notably Safari, don't seem to care that the reader and card are there. Sites simply act as though I don't have either reader or card connected.

This is a pretty basic thing, and there MUST be a way to accomplish it. I could do it three or four versions of MacOS ago, but the support seems to have vanished.

Does anyone know a way to make this work? Apple, if you're listening, please add CAC support for your browser!

MacBook Pro 15", Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jun 12, 2009 11:00 AM

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Accessing Secure DoD Sites with Safari and a CAC

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