While Microsoft has designed a smart card logon method in active directory, stand alone computer can't use smart cards. EIDAuthenticate is the open source solution to offer smart card logon to every EID users.

As most logon programs require specific smart card driver, storage facility on the smart card itself or user process authentication, this program is the only one which does the authentication inside of the security kernel of Windows : even with signature only card, your data is safe. Made by certified security experts, EIDAuthenticate respects the spirit of the deep internal Windows security mechanisms and is not just a GUI. For example EIDAuthenticate is the only solution supporting natively the "force smart card logon" policy, used to secure the local administrator accounts in datacenters or to comply with HSPD-12. We know that trust is critical when implementing a two factors policy and that's the reason why EIDAuthenticate core is and will remain open source.

• Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows Seven, Windows 2008, Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 8 with free and commercial support
• Windows XP and Windows 2003 with commercial support.
• Smart Card Reader
• A Smart Card with CSP Support
  This includes both smart card with a minidriver and smart card with full CSP support.
• A local user account (if you are using a domain account, you should configure MS Smart Card logon - we offer also configuration services)

The open source support is delivered through our This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it on a best effort basis. Only up-to-date binary releases are supported.

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Binaries

Current release: (2012-04-14)

• EIDInstall_0.5.0.2_x64.exe
• EIDInstall_0.5.0.2_x86.exe

Previous release:

• EIDInstall_0.4.0.1_x64.exe
• EIDInstall_0.4.0.1_x86.exe

For older release, you can browse the sourceforge download page.

Get a look at our wiki !

It includes the manual of EIDAuthenticate, tutorials like "configure an existing smart card" or "configure brand new smart card" and howtos like how to change the PIN.

This wiki includes also the mysmartlogon knowledge base, describing how to integrate smart card for day-to-day use on Windows (not only EIDAuthenticate)