User's Manual

A PPENDIX E – V-SMART A DMINISTRATOR

S ITEK EY M ANAGEMENT

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How do I Initially Set a SiteKey for V-Smarts at My Installation?

You will need to set your installation’s SiteKey prior to creating secure user smart cards.

Once you become familiar with V-Smart operations and are comfortable enrolling users, you

should then chose your own SiteKey. The SMART CARD MANAGER section of VeriAdmin

allows the user to create and change SiteKeys.

1) Enter your desired SiteKey in the NEW PRIMARY box

2) Enter the previous SiteKey in the NEW SECONDARY box if you are changing

SiteKeys and you already have a user base of smart cards created with the previous

SiteKey and you want to update those cards to the NEW PRIMARY SiteKey. If there

is not a previous user base of cards that need updated, then enter a “-1” in the

Secondary box to turn off the auto SiteKey update function.

NOTE: DO NOT leave the NEW SECONDARY box blank unless you truly want to

update all Default SiteKey smart cards to the NEW PRIMARY SiteKey. This could

compromise security since any smart card created by any V-Smart using the Default

SiteKey would automatically be updated to the new Primary SiteKey

3) Press the CHANGE SITEKEY button

4) You will be presented the following Warning dialog box