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The Phone Home feature defines the token issuer name, TPS server, and TPS end-entities interface URL without requiring any user configuration.
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Enterprise Security Client has diagnostic logging that records common access and events and records potential errors such as interruptions with the connection between the Enterprise Security Client and TPS server.
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The Enterprise Security Client user interface incorporates Mozilla XULRunner technology. XULRunner is a runtime package which hosts standalone applications based on XUL, an XML markup language with a rich feature set for user interfaces. XUL has the following advantages over HTML for applications:
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XUL provides a wide UI widget set and greater control over the presentation.
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XUL markup is local to the client machine, so it has a greater privilege level than HTML.
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XUL also uses Javascript as the scripting language for convenient program logic scripting.
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XUL Javascript code can make use of the array of Mozilla functionality by using their XPCOM technology.
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The Mac Enterprise Security Client ships with a smart card-specific TokenD component which bridges the gap between Certificate System-supported tokens and the Mac CDSA security layer, allowing current OS X applications like Apple Mail and Safari to take advantage of the capabilities of Certificate System tokens:
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The Mac Keychain Access utility can be used to view the certificates and keys on Certificate System tokens.
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The Apple Mail client can be used to send and view signed and encrypted emails using Certificate System tokens.
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The Apple Safari browser can use Certificate System tokens to log onto secure SSL web sites.
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This version of Enterprise Security Client provides tray icon functionality on all three platforms, including tool tips for errors and actions such as inserting or removing a smart card.
On most operating systems, many programs maintain an icon in the tray or notification area. These icons can be used to control the operation of the program, usually through context menus when the icon is right-clicked. In the default Enterprise Security Client configuration, Enterprise Security Client launches and automatically minimizes to the tray. This tray functionality behaves differently on the different operating systems:
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Windows. When right-clicked, the tray icon shows a simple menu with options to Manage Smart Card, which opens the Enterprise Security Client interface, and to Exit Smart Card Manager, which exits the Enterprise Security Client. The exit option in that menu is the only want to exist the Enterprise Security Client on Windows; clicking the X in the top right corner minimizes Enterprise Security Client to the tray. Double-clicking the tray icon brings Enterprise Security Client to the front. There are also notification messages, shown as standard balloon tool tips, on events like inserting or removing a card.
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Linux. The tray icon appears only if the notification area in Gnome has been enabled. The tray icon options are identical to the Windows options. Clicking the X in the top left corner closes the current window and minimizes Enterprise Security Client to the tray.
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Mac. On Mac, the tray is called the dock. Since Enterprise Security Client is based on Mozilla, right-clicking on the Enterprise Security Client dock icon reveals all the standard Mozilla Firefox menu options, including options to hide, show, and quit the client. The Enterprise Security Client also has a menu item called Manage Smart Cards in the dock menu, which opens the card management UI. The top level application menu has a menu under Go, Manage Smart Card, which also opens the card management window.
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