Django with digital certificates

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Dimitris Kougioumtzis

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Sep 12, 2016, 9:24:32 AM9/12/16
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I have an application with django framework. The users have in their usb sticks their certificates. How to access their certificates from the django application to the client computer ;

Erik Cederstrand

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Sep 13, 2016, 3:59:16 AM9/13/16
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> Den 12. sep. 2016 kl. 15.24 skrev Dimitris Kougioumtzis <dim...@gmail.com>:
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> I have an application with django framework. The users have in their usb sticks their certificates. How to access their certificates from the django application to the client computer

Do you have a Django app on a remote server that users access through a browser? In that case, it's probably not possible except for a small subset of problems (see e.g. https://developer.chrome.com/apps/app_usb or trusted Java applets) since normally, the browser can't access USB devices (or the filesystem in general) for security reasons.

I believe some of the Yubico products can emulate a keyboard, in which case the YubiKey simply types the secure token for you. That should work in a browser.

Erik
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