Smart card ties into user credentials Moving support for its smart card authentication and digital signature product beyond the Microsoft Windows realm, ActivCard on Monday announced ActivCard Gold for Linux servers, ActivCard Gold for Sun Solaris servers, and ActivGold for the Macintosh environment. The ActivCard Gold solution manages and ties into a user’s credentials and tokens on the smart card to authenticate secure access for workstation log-in, remote access, Web access, and e-mail signing and encryption, said David Putnam, director of Product Marketing for Fremont, Calif.-based ActivCard. SecuritySoftware DevelopmentTechnology Industry