Using the certificate management features in FIM 2010 to manage smart cards requires software that can communicate with the smart cards. Smart card platforms are supported indirectly through the middleware used to interface to the card. The middleware controls which specific cards are supported by it. Forefront Identity Manager supports two forms of middleware:
Any BaseCSP smart card module that conforms to the BaseCSP specification with support for CardAuthenticateChallenge according to section 2.3.2.3 in the mini driver specification
Forefront Identity Manager support for PKCS#11 includes support for the following middleware:
Gemalto Access Client v5.4
AET SafeSign Identity Client v2.3
Aladdin eToken 5.0 32 bit and 64 bit
Gemalto Classic Client v5.1.8
Siemens HiPath SIcurity Card API version 3.2
IAS Middleware version 1.03
