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higher security into your PC and network environment. (Links to additional information on PKI
and digital certificates are provided in the Puppy Suite Help file.)
The Puppy unit can generate and store up to 2048-bit RSA key pairs and store their associated
digital certificates to communicate with applications utilizing certificates through either the
CryptoAPI or PKCS#11 cryptographic module interfaces.
automatically in the [Standard] installation or if you install the "Certificate Manager" component
in a [Custom] installation.
Examples of these applications follow. For pointers on how to set these applications to use the
FIU-810 unit and its certificate capabilities, please refer to the Puppy Suite Help file.
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Web browser, ex: Internet Explorer. Certificate issuance through web site, SSL client
authentication, etc.
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E-mail software, ex: Outlook, Outlook Express. Digitally sign/Encrypt/Decrypt email.
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VPN client software, ex: Nortel® Contivity® VPN client. Client authentication.
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Word processor / Document viewer, ex: Microsoft Office XP, Adobe® Acrobat®.
Sign/Encrypt/Protect documents.
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File management software, ex: SpyProof!®, Secret Agent. Sign/Encrypt/Decrypt
file/folder/disk.
For more information about getting a digital certificate(s), please ask your administrator (if you
are a member of a company or organization using the technology). If you want to utilize
certificates for personal use, please use a public or private certificate issuance service, like that
offered by Verisign (www.verisign.com) or Thawte (www.thawte.com).
"FIU-810 Fingerprint Identity Token CSP" when prompted for a choice of CSP during
certificate issuance. You will be required to verify your fingerprint before key generation.
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CryptoAPI=Cryptographic Application Programming Interface (API) provided by Microsoft. PKCS#11=Public
Key Cryptography Standard No.11: Cryptographic Token Interface Standard provided by RSA Data Security.
Training Your Puppy® Unit
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These two modules are installed
Be sure to choose the
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