I currently have Time & Attendance servlet on intranet that allows employees to clock in/clock out using web browser and servlet back-end. Users identify themselves using login and password.
I want to strengthen the authentication by using ID cards that company already issues by forcing user to swipe card through reader. This step would replace the login and password OR be in addition to it.
The card readers we have are serial and easy to capture data from. But I don’t want to install application on each client machine…prefer to be web browser interface.
Not currently too keen with applets. I know I can talk to my servlet via the applet. But can I read from the serial device with the applet? If not, can anyone suggest another way to pull this off?
