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3.3.3
Personalizing a smart card for the administrator
The administrator's smart card has a key role in the R&S
Trusted
Disk infrastructure: In
addition to the specific user's smart card, all workstations are secured with the adminis-
trator's smart card to protect your company from data loss. If a user's smart card is lost
or stolen, the administrator can still access the encrypted workstation.
1. Connect a smart card.
2. If the smart card has not been personalized before, initialize the smart card.
a) Open CardOS Viewer.
b) Select your card reader from the list.
c) Click "Card" > "Initialize Card...".
d) Fill in the required information.
e) Click "OK".
3. Open R&S
Trusted
Identity
Manager
(Standalone).
4. Select the tab "Token".
5. Click "Personalize token".
6. Configure the smart card.
●
Country:
Use only ISO 3166 Alpha-2 country codes, e.g. EN.
●
Common name:
This field is mandatory.
●
Email:
This field is checked while you type.
Note:
For increased security, we recommend using the key size "4096".
7. Click "Next".
8. Set up a PIN of 6 to 16 digits.
9. Click "Next" > "Execute".
The selected PIN and a randomly generated PUK are stored on the smart card.
Additionally, a pair of keys and a certificate signed by the root CA are generated.
The certificate is stored on the smart card.
Configuring R&S
Trusted
Identity
Manager
