User guide

Specifying User Info  41
Chapter 5: Managing Profiles
 Select Prompt for login name and password to have OAC prompt you when
you connect to the network.
 Select Use the following password and enter a password in the box below this
option to have OAC save your password and use it each time you authenticate
with this profile.
If you select Prompt for password, you are usually prompted only the first time that
you are authenticated after startup. OAC remembers your credentials and reuses
them for the duration of your session. The credentials that you enter apply only to a
profile. If you are authenticated using a different profile, you will be prompted
again.
You might be prompted to enter your password when connecting to the network
under some conditions, including entering an incorrect password or if any other
authentication failure occurs. This feature is in place, in part, to prevent accidental
lockout due to the reuse of bad passwords.
Using Certificates
OAC reads personal certificate information from one of the following sources:
 Your personal certificate store on your computer or device.
 Your smart card reader, if you have one installed to use with a smart card on
your device. See “Security” on page 17 for more information about using smart
cards and caching PIN information.
You must use EAP-TLS, EAP-PEAP, and/or EAP-TTLS as an authentication protocol
for this profile to negotiate authentication using certificate credentials.
If you select EAP-PEAP, use EAP-TLS as the inner authentication protocol. See
“PEAP Settings” on page 51 for configuring inner EAP-PEAP protocols.
If you select EAP-TTLS, select one of the two certificate-based options on the TTLS
Settings tab.
NOTE: This is the least secure option because the password prompt occurs before
the pre-authentication health check on a UAC network and, thus, does not provide
a security guarantee.
NOTE: If you change your Windows password, be sure to update the new
password in the Use the following password field. (EE and FE only)
NOTE: When OAC prompts for your password, you can choose to disable the OAC
network connection (temporarily) and use a wired network connection when one
is available. To do this, click Yes when the prompt to disable your OAC connection
appears.
You can return to the Connection dialog to connect to a network using OAC at any
time.