SouthEast Linux Fest 2026

PIV (Personal Identity Verification) the gold standard for high-assurance authentication
2026-06-13 , Salon A (Altispeed Ballroom)

PIV holds distinct advantages in security-critical environments compared to newer alternatives like Passkeys. We will show how to use PIV from full disk encryption, systems and domain login, vpn, ssh, email sign/enc across Linux, windows, and macOS.


This is a practical session showing how to setup a PKI, provision smart cards such as YubiKeys, and management processes you have to implement. Source code for OpenSSL configurations and systemd will be provided.

Jean Pierre is the co-founder of both Quoin, a software consultancy, and Salus CM, a SaaS based case management systems for social services. He has over 40 years of experience in the software industry and is the survivor of two AI Winters.

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