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WARNING: Depending upon how the SmartCard was
initially configured, a limited number of failed PIN
attempts may be enforced. If this is the case, and you
exceed the maximum failed PIN attempts, the card may
become locked and permanently unusable. To find out
more, contact whoever configured your SmartCard for
you, or the SmartCard manufacturer
If you are using a fresh SmartCard you will be greeted
with a screen prompting you to establish your PIN.
Please take note of this PIN, if you forget it you risk
being locked out of your SmartCard. Enter your PIN in
both fields and click Next. SmartCard Enrollment then
directs you back to the next step of the OmniPass
Enrollment Wizard, 2.2.4 Select Enrollment Device.
2.4.3 If your SmartCard already contains data when you select
it as a storage device (from 2.4.1 of SmartCard
Enrollment), you will be warned that the current data on
the SmartCard will be overwritten. This may also happen
if you try to use a SmartCard as a storage device that is
already being used as such by another OmniPass user.
There is a limitation of one OmniPass user per SmartCard.
To proceed, check the box next to I want to overwrite the
SmartCard and click Next. SmartCard Enrollment then
directs you back to the next step of the OmniPass
Enrollment Wizard, 2.2.4 Select Enrollment Device.
Biometric Password Managers
Part 2. Use
You are now ready to begin using OmniPass. Used regularly,
OmniPass will streamline your authentication procedures. For
the credentials registered with it, OmniPass is a secure
repository. In the event you forget any of those passwords,
you can find them in OmniPass.
Part 2. Use covers basic OmniPass functionality. Review this
section to quickly get familiar with the OmniPass functions
you will most use. If your system is shared among several
users (often the case in a home PC or SOHO environment)
then you may find some additional useful features in Part 3.
Configure.
Chapter 3. Password Replacement
You will often use the password replacement function of
OmniPass. When you go to a restricted access website (e.g.
your bank, your web-based email, online auction or payment
sites), you are always prompted to enter your login credentials.
OmniPass can detect these prompts and you can "teach"
OmniPass your login credentials. The next time you go to that
website, you can authenticate with OmniPass to gain access.
OmniPass prompts you for your "master password", and that
single password gains you access to any site you have "taught"
OmniPass. Or you could login with any hardware
authentication device you have enrolled into OmniPass. This
functionality is not limited to restricted access websites.
OmniPass can learn any set of credentials that you are prompted
to provide (e.g. your Intranet email, your ftp login, any of your
client logins, any restricted access network resource).
3.1 The OmniPass Authentication Toolbar
After installing OmniPass and restarting, you may have noticed
a dialog you had not seen before at Windows Logon. This is
the OmniPass Authentication Toolbar, and it is displayed
whenever the OmniPass authentication system is invoked. The
OmniPass authentication system may be invoked frequently:
during Windows Logon, during OmniPass Logon, when
unlocking your workstation, when resuming from standby or
hibernate, when unlocking a password-enabled screensaver,
during password replacement for remembered site or application
logins, and more. You see the OmniPass Authentication Toolbar
upon Windows Logon because the OmniPass authentication
system is seamlessly integrated with Windows. When you see
this toolbar, OmniPass is prompting you to authenticate.
The bold-faced text "File Encryption/Decryption Authentication",
next to the lock and keys icon, shows what OmniPass-restricted
function you are attempting. The non-bold-faced text beneath
may give you additional instructions regarding authentication.
The icons in the lower left (fingerprint and key in this example)
show what authentication methods are available to you.
Selected authentication methods are highlighted while
unselected methods are not. When you click the icon for an
unselected authentication method, the authentication prompt
associated with that method is displayed.
When prompted to authenticate, you must supply the
appropriate credentials: an enrolled finger for the fingerprint
capture window, a PIN for the SmartCard PIN prompt, your
master password for the master password prompt (the key
icon). Depending on your Authentication Rules (see 6.2 User
Settings), you may have to satisfy several different
authentication prompts to gain access (e.g. fingerprint AND
SmartCard PIN).
3.2 Remembering a Password and …
Most examples of password replacement used in this document
show the remembering of websites, but OmniPass can
remember any set of credentials used to access any restricted
resource. Any application you use, any GUI client, any password
protected resource that manifests a password prompt,
OmniPass can remember.
Using the following procedure, you can store a set of credentials
into OmniPass. These credentials will then be linked to your
"master password" or any enrolled authentication devices.
Go to a site that requires a login (username and password), but
DO NOT LOGIN YET. At the site login prompt, enter your
username and password in the prompted fields, but DO NOT
ENTER THE SITE (do not hit Enter or click Submit or OK or Login).
Right-click the OmniPass system tray icon and select Remember
Password from the submenu. The Windows arrow cursor will
change to a golden key OmniPass cursor. Click this OmniPass
cursor in the login prompt area, but DO NOT CLICK the "Login"
or "Submit" button.
3.2.1 Associating a Friendly Name -- After clicking the OmniPass
key cursor near the login prompt OmniPass will prompt
you to enter a "friendly name" for this remembered site.
You should enter something that reminds you of the
website, the company, or the service you are logging
into. In its secure database, OmniPass associates this
"friendly name" with this website.
You can remember multiple different logins to the same
password protected resource. To do this you must
specify different friendly names for each set of
credentials. If you use the same friendly name then
OmniPass will overwrite the previous set of credentials
associated with the application or website. If you have
several credentials remembered for the same site,
OmniPass will prompt you to select among the available
friendly names.
3.2.2 Additional Settings for Remembering a Site -- When OmniPass
prompts you to enter a "friendly name" you also have
the opportunity to set how OmniPass authenticates
you to this site. There are three effective settings for
how OmniPass handles a remembered site. The default
setting is Automatically click the "OK" or "Submit" button for
this password protected site once the user is authenticated. With
this setting, each time you navigate to this site OmniPass
will prompt you for your "master password" (or
authentication device). Once you have authenticated
with OmniPass, you will automatically be logged into
the site. Less secure is the option to Automatically enter
this password protected site when it is activated. Do not prompt
for authentication. Check the upper box to get this setting,
and each time you navigate to this site OmniPass will log
you into the site without prompting you to authenticate.
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