CACKey

US Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC) and US NIST SP 800-73 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card support.

What is CACKey?

CACKey is a pivotal tool for US government employees and officials. This Chrome extension provides a secure authentication platform for web users via their Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC) or Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smartcard. Designed to work in collusion with the Google Smartcard App to deliver secured communication on ChromeOS, CACKey efficiently converts Certificate and Signing requests into APDUs for smartcard applets.

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By: Roy Keene

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Users: 20,000+

Rating: 2.86 (29)

Version: 0.7.12.11 (Last updated: 2021-11-03)

Creation date: 2019-02-12

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

certificateProvider
alwaysOnTopWindows

Size: 1.03M

Email: ca*****@rkeene.org

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# 6780 ▼ 42

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Extension summary

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CACKey is a ChromeOS module that enables users to authenticate to remote web sites using certificates on their US Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC) smartcard or US NIST SP 800-73 Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smartcard. It relies on another application, "Google Smartcard App" to talk to the actual via USB. Its role is simply to take Chrome Certificate requests and Signing requests and convert them into application datagram units (APDUs) the applet running on the smartcards can understand.

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Pros

Works well with Citrix resources for work.
Allows access to military websites on Chromebook.
Functionality is preferred over the charismathics extension.

Cons

Common issues with connecting smart card readers.
Problems with certificate recognition.
Inconsistent performance; sometimes works and then stops.

Most mentioned

Need for additional apps or extensions.
Difficulty in getting the smart card reader to connect.
Support requests for help and troubleshooting.

Recent reviews

i do not understand if i need to download another app because I cannot find this smartcard or extension app I see in the comments. I am trying to use my cac reader on my new chromebook.