Initializing Your Smart Card And Creating A Recovery File - HP OmniBook 7100 User Manual

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Initializing your smart card and creating a recovery file

Initializing your smart card and creating a recovery file
Purpose of initializing your smart card
The recovery file
To initialize your smart card
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Before you can use a smart card to encrypt files, you will need to initialize it. During
initialization, an encryption key is generated that is used to encrypt and decrypt your
data. This key is stored on your smart card, which means that the encrypted data can
be decrypted only when the smart card is inserted in the smart card reader connected
to your OmniBook.
As a safety measure, the encryption key generated and stored on your smart card is
also copied to a recovery file. If you subsequently lose your smart card, or it gets
damaged, this recovery file allows you to load the encryption key that was on your
original smart card to a new card, thus enabling you to access and decrypt the files
on your OmniBook.
1 Make sure your smart card is inserted in the smart card reader.
2 Open the HP Encryption Smart Card Security System Manager, and select the
Smart Card tab.