HP Brio BA200 User manual

HP ProtectTools 2000
Smart Card Kit
User’s Guide

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User’s Guide
This manual is intended for both the PC administrator and the PC user.
It describes how to:
•Install and deploy HP ProtectTools 2000 software
•Set up HP ProtectTools 2000 for use
•Manage security settings
•Manage smart cards
•Troubleshoot problems
•Find out where to get more information and support.
HP Custom Security Services
HP offers security consulting services and customized security
solutions, including the use of this product and other HP security
products. For more information, please contact your HP sales
representative.
Conventions Used in this Manual
This document describes the installation of software on a range of
Microsoft operating systems. Whenever some information applies only
to one or more operating systems, a small tab appears alongside to
indicate the operating system(s) concerned. See the following
example:
1This indicates that step 1 applies only to PCs running Windows NT
4.0 or Windows 2000. You can ignore this step if your PC is running
a different operating system.
When no such symbol is shown alongside a step or section in the
manual, the information concerns all operating systems:
2This indicates that step 2 applies to any system running one of the
supported operating systems: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows
NT 4.0 or Windows 2000.
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000

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Important Information
Folder Encryption (Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 Only)
You are about to install File Encryption software. This software enables
the use of an advanced security feature but it implies at the same time
theriskoflossofaccesstoyourconfidentialfiles.Toreducesucha
risk, HP strongly recommends you prepare in advance a recovery smart
card and/or recovery file that will still give you access to such files in
case you lose your smart card and/or password.
ATTENTION: in case of loss of your smart card and/or password you
may not be able to recover access to those encrypted files.
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OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) ARISING OUT OF THE USE,
INABILITY TO USE, OR THE RESULTS OF USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
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ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR
EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

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Import/Export Regulations
This computer system includes HP ProtectTools 2000. HP ProtectTools
2000 is made of a smart card (and associated reader and software
driver) and HP Encryption Smart Card Security System software with
the following encryption capabilities.
•40bit symmetrical encryption algorithm, used for data encryption
(confidentiality) (non-US version);
•128bit symmetrical encryption algorithm, used for data encryption
(confidentiality) (US version);
•512/56bit RSA private key algorithm, used for digital signature (non-
US version);
•1024/128bit RSA private key algorithm, used for digital signature
(US version).
Export of this product is not allowed to the following countries:
Afghanistan, Angola, Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Lybia, Macedonia, Montenegro,
Mozambique, North Korea, Pakistan, Serbia, Slovenia, Somalia, Sudan,
Syria. Export of this product to other countries may be subject to
regulations. For instructions on how to export this product, and
according to the country in which you have purchased this equipment,
please contact: in France: SCSSI (Service Central de la Sécuritédes
Systèmes d'Information, www.scssi.gouv.fr); in Germany: BAFA
(Bundesausfuhramt, Exportkontrolle, www.bafa.de); in the United-
Kingdom: DTI (Department of Trade and Industry, www.dti.gov.uk), in
the USA: Department of Commerce (Export Administration
Regulations, www.bxa.doc.gov).

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Contents
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1 Introduction to HP ProtectTools 2000
Introduction.............................................. 12
WhatisaSmartCard?........................................ 12
SmartCardKitContents...................................... 12
GemSAFESmartCards....................................... 13
PINNumbers ............................................... 13
BeforeYouBegin.......................................... 15
SystemRequirements(HPDesktopPCs) ........................ 15
SystemRequirements(OmniBookNotebookPCs)................. 15
Software Compatibility for PCs Running Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Features of HP ProtectTools 2000 . . . . . . . . . . .................... 17
Contents of the HP ProtectTools 2000 CD-ROM ................ 18
2 Installing HP ProtectTools 2000 Software
BeforeInstallingtheSoftware............................... 22
SoftwareInstallationProcedure............................. 23
Preparing a PC Running Windows NT 4.0 (HP Desktop PCs) . . . . . . . . 23
Preparing a PC Running Windows NT 4.0 (HP Notebook PCs) . . . . . . . 24
Installing the Drivers, Software and Reader (HP Desktop PCs) . . . . . . . 25
Installing the Drivers, Software and Reader (HP Notebook PCs). . . . . . 27
InstallingOptionalItems...................................... 29
Deploying ProtectTools 2000 Using a Network ................. 31
RemoteInstallationUsingaDeploymentTool..................... 31
Automatic Installation of ProtectTools 2000 . . . . . . . . . ............. 31
Uninstalling HP ProtectTools 2000 ........................... 33

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UninstallingHPNTLock...................................... 33
UninstallingHPSoftPowerDown .............................. 34
3 Setting up HP ProtectTools 2000
PreparingaSmartCardforUse:Overview.................... 36
InitializingaSmartCard ................................... 37
Updating the PC’sBIOS(OmniBooksOnly)................... 38
EnablingBIOSSmartCardSecurity(OmniBooksOnly) ........ 39
SettingUpaBIOSUserPasswordCard.......................... 39
SettingUpFolderEncryptiononYourPC .................... 40
CreatingaRecoveryFile................................... 41
4 Managing Security and Smart Cards
TheHPSmartCardSecurityManager........................ 44
For Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Users . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 44
ForWindows95andWindows98Users ......................... 45
Running the HP Smart Card Security Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ 46
AccessingtheOnlineHelp .................................... 46
ManagingSecurity:ConfigurationSettings.................... 47
Smart Card–AllowInitializationOption.......................... 47
BeeponSmartCardRemovalOption ........................... 48
Win NT–LogonPoliciesOptions................................ 49
Win NT–LogonTextConfigurationOptions....................... 54
Win NT–LogonPowerManagementOptions...................... 54

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AccountPolicies............................................. 55
BIOS Password Options (OmniBooks Only) . . . . . . . . . ............. 57
Win95/98Options ........................................... 58
CustomizingSecurityForYourInstalledBaseofPCs............... 59
ManagingSmartCards ..................................... 61
Using Smart Cards under Windows NT and Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . 62
InitializingFurtherSmartCards ............................... 63
Changing a Smart Card’sPIN .................................. 63
RestoringaSmartCardfromaRecoveryFile ..................... 64
Restoring a Smart Card Without the Recovery File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Adding an Account to a Smart Card (Windows NT/Windows 2000). . . . 65
Removing an Account (Windows NT/Windows 2000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing an Account Password (Windows NT/Windows 2000) . . . . . . . 66
HPTopTools.............................................. 67
5 Troubleshooting
SmartCardTroubleshootingHelpZone....................... 70
IfYouDisconnecttheSmartCardReader ........................ 70
IfthePCFreezesAfterYouRestartIt ........................... 70
If the Smart Card’sPasswordisNotUpToDate ................... 70
WaitforService ............................................. 71
TroubleshootingTable........................................ 72
HPSmartCardDiagnosticsTool............................. 75
DiagnosticsOnlineHelp....................................... 75
UsingHPSmartCardDiagnostics .............................. 75
Documentation,HelpandSupport........................... 77

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