User's Manual

CryptoIdentity User Guide – 1. Introduction to CryptoIdentity and CryptoKit
1. 1. 5 CRYPTOIDENTITY REQUIREMENTS
These are the CryptoIdentity requirements:
 CryptoKit properly installed (refer to sections “1.2.1 CryptoKit requirements” and “2.1.1
Installing CryptoKit ”)
 A free USB port
 USB protocol enabled in the BIOS settings
 USB 1.1 or 2.0
1. 2 WHAT IS CRYPTOKIT
CryptoKit provides the basic software to work with the CryptoIdentity token. It installs the
CryptoIdentity USB token drivers, some useful utilities, the SDK package and the
middleware to allow software applications such as Internet browsers, e-mail clients and
other developed applications to take advantage of the CryptoIdentity cryptographic
functionalities.
For further details about the CryptoKit installation, refer to section "2.1.1 Installing
CryptoKit".
1. 2. 1 CRYPTOKIT REQUIREMENTS
CryptoKit supports these Operating Systems:
• Microsoft Windows 98 SE
• Microsoft Windows ME
• Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (SP6 or higher). Note: Windows NT 4.0 machines
embedding an OHCI controller (see www.usb.org
) are not supported.
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server\Professional (SP4 or higher)
• Microsoft Windows XP (SP1 or higher)
• Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard\Enterprise
Windows NT 4.0, 2000, 2003 and XP requires administrative privileges
during setup process.
• Linux. Please enquire our sales department at [e-mail] for information about
the Linux port.
Some Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer versions outside the USA
only support low-level cryptography (40 bit symmetric encryption). These
versions will not allow CryptoKit to use 128 bit Cryptography. In order to
fully utilise the cryptographic power of CryptoKit please make sure to
install the security updates for Outlook/IE, which are available at Microsoft's
web site.