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RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Gui de SecurID Ready Implem entation Guide Rainbow iKey 2000 Last Modified 06/18/01 1. Partner Info rmation Partner Nam e Rainbow Technologies W eb Site http: //www. rai nbow.c om /ikey2000/index.htm l Product Nam e iKey 2000 Series Version & Platf orm iKey 2000, iKey 2032 Product Desc ription Rainbow’s iKey 2[...]
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RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Gui de 3. Solution Summary Feature Details Authentication methods supported Native SecurID New PIN support All Next tokencode suppor t Yes Secondary ser ver suppor t Slave AC E/Server Location of node secret on client %SystemR oot%System32 or sy stem registry ACE/Serv er client definiti on type Net OS SecurID user [...]
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RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Gui de 5. Partner A CE/A gent confi guration Befor e attempt ing to use t he Rainbow iKey 2000 and CIP (Cryptographic Int erf ace Provider) Sof tware with the RSA SecurID Sof tware T oken v2.5, make sur e that your USB reader is installed and oper ating pr operly. Also ensure you have installed the CIP soft ware acc[...]
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RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Gui de In order t o enable the SecurID Sof tware T oken to use t he Rainbow iKey 2000, you must install the RSA SecurID Smart Card Components . Run RSA_SecurID_smart_card_inst allati on.exe and follow the installat ion prompts. W hen you reach the screen entitled Select Components choose RSA Secur ID Smart Card soft[...]
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RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Gui de Choose the A dd Module butt on: Figur e 4 – Addin g the PKC S11 Module The dkck201. dll module is Rainbow's implem entation of the Cr yptoki Version 2. 01 API. By def ault this is installed in %System Root%System32 when you install the CIP soft ware. Browse to the f ile and select Open . You will be r[...]
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RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Gui de Nex t, start The RSA SecurI D Softw are Token fr om the Star t Menu: Figur e 6 – Software Token main screen Choose Options…Smart Card Options . The Smart Card Reader will read PKCS11_card , and the Smar t Card St atus should read Smart Card Present : Figur e 7 – Smart Card O ptions s creen 6[...]
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RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Gui de Select Transfer Current Token to Smart Card and follow the dialog for transf err ing the token seed r ecord to the smar t card: Figure 8 – Transf erring the see d reco rd You should see the f ollowing message indicating that the t ransf er has succeeded: Figur e 9 – Success ful tran sfer message 7[...]
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RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Gui de You can verify that the t oken seed recor d has been successfully transf err ed by selecting Options… Token Informati on: Figur e 10 – Token In formation The Rainbow iKey 2000 is now ready for use with all applications that support the RSA SecurID Softw are Token. F or more i nformation on w orking w ith [...]
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RSA SecurID Ready Implementation Gui de 6. Certification Checklist Indicate here t he tests that were run to ensure the pr oduct is SecurID Ready: Test Pass Fail 1 st time auth. (node secret creation) P New PIN mode: System-generated SecurID Sof tware Tok en P User-defined (4-8 alphanu meric) SecurID Sof tware Tok en P User-defined (5-7 numeric) Se[...]