User's Manual

A PPENDIX E – V-SMART A DMINISTRATOR

S ITEK EY M ANAGEMENT

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What is the 1-Way Hashing Function Option In VeriAdmin for

SiteKeys?

VeriAdmin allows Administrators to add additional security by optionally performing a 1-

way Hash function on entered SiteKeys. This is DIFFERENT from the ESI SiteKey

Encryption option. This function will take the user-entered password and create an

encrypted 120-bit SiteKey from that password. This encrypted version is then used as

the SiteKey for the V-Smart and smart cards in place of the user-defined password. In

extreme cases, this can make it more difficult for criminals to “sniff” internal networks

and capture passwords during serial communications. DO NOT USE THIS OPTION IF

YOU INTEND TO SHARE SMART CARD DATA WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS!

To the Administrator, this all happens behind the scenes and you never have to

remember anything other then the simple password. You just have to make sure that if

you set a NEW SiteKey with the HASH checkbox selected, then afterwards you need to

also check the “Hash the CURRENT SiteKey” so that each time the SiteKey Verification

process happens, a hashed current SiteKey will be compared with the stored hashed

Primary SiteKey.

The HASH function check box is ignored if the SiteKey textbox is empty (for non secure

V-Smart default key use), or if “-1” is entered the SECONDARY SiteKey text box (for

turning OFF the auto update feature).

PLEASE NOTE:

The HASH function check box has been moved from the Security Settings

Dialog to the Site Key Dialog for VeriAdmin v4.10. Each time the Site Key is

entered, the check box determines whether to HASH the key for the Current Key.