Smartcard Authentication For Firefox Evolution Mail Client

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Get Smartcard Auth working as documented in:

http://www.hrgeeks.com/2008/11/21/using-a-dod-cac-with-ubuntu-and-firefox/

  1. apt-get install libccid coolkey

  2. n Firefox, go to Edit -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Security Devices and click ‘Load’.

  3. In the Module Name field, type “CoolKey“ (or whatever)

  4. In the Module Filename field type or select “/usr/lib/pkcs11/libcoolkeypk11.s

after getting it working in Firefox run the following to enable it for Evolution
 modutil -add ‘coolkey’ -libfile /usr/lib/pkcs11/libcoolkeypk11.so -dbdir ~/.evolution

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