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BlueX Digital ID Management

Technical specifications

Server operating systems

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2000
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Administrator/end user operating systems

  • All Windows versions supported by Microsoft
(Some BlueX features require the presence of one or more BlueX Remote Components. These components are compliant with Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP. Support for Vista/Windows 7 is under development. For administration no remote components are required.)

Supported browsers

  • Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 6+
  • Mozilla® Firefox® 1.5+

Web Server

Apache™2: The Apache web server is part of the BlueX core installation.

Databases

All databases supporting SQL, such as:
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • PostgreSQL 8.0+
  • Oracle®

Directories

All LDAP v2 or v3 compliant directory services, such as:
  • Microsoft Windows Server Active Directory
  • Novell® eDirectory™
  • IBM® Tivoli® Directory Server
  • Sun® ONE Directory Server

Certificate authorities / PKI

  • Cybertrust UniCERT™
  • Entrust® Authority™
  • Microsoft Windows Server Certificate Services
  • VeriSign®
  • RSA® Keon
  • EJBCA/PrimeCA
  • CryptoVision® CA
and others.

Physical Access Integration

  • Legic® (various systems supported)

Supported tokens and smart card readers

BlueX supports smart card middleware. It does not interact with tokens directly. SafeSign Identity Client is the recommended middleware solution that supports over 70 different smart cards and USB tokens.

Standards & interfaces

  • PKCS#1, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
  • CSP for Microsoft CryptoAPI
  • LDAP v2 or v3
  • SSL
  • Certificate Management Protocol
  • SOAP

Supported card printers

All (smart card) printers that have Windows (GDI) drivers are supported. The printer must be equipped with a smart card reader supported by the smart card middleware.

The following printers have been tested with BlueX for electronic personalization. This range is constantly extended.

Desktop

  • EDISecure®
  • Fargo®
  • DaiNippon®
  • Eltron/Zebra®
  • Datacard®
Industrial
  • DataCard® 9000 Series

Certifications

  • BlueX complies with CWA 14167-1
  • BlueX can be used to issue smart cards compliant with a variety of standards including ETSI