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This .opi file contains all your user specific OmniPass data, and

it is both encrypted and password protected. This user profile

does NOT contain any of your encrypted data files.

5.2 Importing an OmniPass User Profile

NOTE: You cannot import a user into OmniPass if there already

is a user with the same name enrolled in OmniPass.

To import an OmniPass user open the OmniPass Control Center,

and click

Import/Export User under Manage Users. Click Imports a

new user into OmniPass and you will be directed to select the
storage device from which to import the user profile.

If you did not enroll any alternate secure storage devices, then

select

OmniPass Import/Export File (*.opi) and click Next. OmniPass

will then prompt you to browse for the file you had previously

exported (.opi file). When you select the .opi file for importation,

OmniPass will prompt you for authentication. The credentials

that will allow a user profile to be imported are the Windows

login credentials of the exported user. They are the credentials

that had to be submitted when the user profile was exported.

You will need

User Name, Password, and Domain. If you don't

remember the value for Domain, in a corporate environment

your network administrator should know, and in a PC or SOHO

environment

Domain should be your computername.

Once authentication is successful, OmniPass will prompt you

to select a storage device for this users OmniPass data.

Unless you have an alternate secure storage device installed

(USB key, SmartCard, etc.) select

Local Hard Disk Drive and click

Next. OmniPass will

5.3 Things to Know Regarding Import/Export

Assume you export a local Windows User profile from

OmniPass. You want to import that profile to another

machine that has OmniPass. Before you can import the

profile, a Windows user with the same login credentials must

be created on the machine importing the profile.

Example - I have a Windows user with the username
"Kasahara" and the password "Motorcycle" on my system. I
have enrolled Kasahara into OmniPass and remembered
passwords. I want to take all my passwords to new system.
I export Kasahara's OmniPass user profile. I go to my new
system and using the Control Panel I create a user with the
username "Kasahara" and the password "Motorcycle". I can
now successfully import the OmniPass user data to the new
system.

When you export from OmniPass a Windows domain user,
you can import that OmniPass user profile on any domain
computer running OmniPass.

Example - Balthasar and Melchior are computers on the
"NERV" domain. I work on Balthasar with the username
"Ikari" and the password "PenPen" on the NERV domain. I
have enrolled this user, Ikari, in OmniPass and remembered
passwords. I want to take all my passwords to Melchior. I
export Ikari's user profile from OmniPass on Balthasar. I go
to OmniPass on Melchior and import Ikari's OmniPass data.
Since Balthasar and Melchior are on the same domain, the
import is successful. If you do not know the domain you are
using, you should contact your network administrator for
assistance.

If you export an OmniPass-only user, you can import that
user to any computer running OmniPass, provided that a
user with that name is not already enrolled in OmniPass.

If you attempt to import a user profile who has the same
name as a user already enrolled in OmniPass, the OmniPass
import function will fail.

Chapter 6. Overview of the OmniPass
Control Center

Most of the functionality within the OmniPass Control Center

has been touched upon in the previous two parts (Start and

Use). This chapter will serve to explain functions within the

OmniPass Control Center that weren't explained thoroughly

in the preceding parts of this users' guide. The Vault

Management tab was exhaustively outlined in Chapter 3.4 -

3.6 and will not be covered in this chapter.

You can access the OmniPass Control Center any of three

ways:

• Double-click the golden OmniPass key shaped icon in the

Windows taskbar (typically in the lower-right corner of the

desktop)

• Click the

Start button; select the Programs group; select the

Softex program group; and click the OmniPass Control Center

selection.

• Open the Windows

Control Panel (accessible via Start button -

->

Settings --> Control Panel) and double-click the Softex

OmniPass icon.

6.1 User Management

The User Management tab has two major interfaces:

Add/Remove

User and Import/Export User. Import/Export User functionality is
well documented in Chapter 5. Add/Remove User functionality

is straightforward. If you click

Adds a new user to OmniPass you

will start the OmniPass Enrollment Wizard. The Enrollment

Wizard is well documented in Chapter 2. If you click Removes a
user from OmniPass, OmniPass will prompt you to authenticate.

Authenticate with the credentials (or enrolled fingerprint) of

the user you wish to remove. OmniPass will prompt you to

confirm user removal. Click

OK to complete user removal.

WARNING: Removing a user will automatically destroy all

OmniPass data associated with that user. All identities and

remembered credentials associated with the user will be lost.

Any remaining files encrypted by the user will be impossible to

decrypt.

If you are sure about removing the user, we recommend you

1. Decrypt all OmniPass encrypted files before removing the

user

2. Export the user profile

6.2 User Settings

The User Settings tab has four interfaces:

Audio Settings, Taskbar

Tips, Encrypt/Decrypt, and Enrollment. User settings allow users
to customize OmniPass to suit their individual preferences.

Under

User Settings (Audio Settings and Taskbar Tips) you can set

how OmniPass notifies the user of OmniPass events (e.g.

successful login, access denied, etc.). The details of each setting

under the

Audio Settings and Taskbar Tips interfaces are self-

explanatory.

The

Encrypt/Decrypt interface under User Settings allows you to

choose either the Softex Roaming Profile or a Digital Certificate

that is already installed on your system. If you choose Softex

Roaming Profile then the keys used for encryption are part of

your OmniPass User Profile. Portability of OmniPass encryption

functions to other computers require only your OmniPass

User Profile. If you choose Digital Certificate then the keys

used for encryption are separate from your OmniPass User

Profile. Portability of OmniPass encryption functions will require

migration of both your OmniPass User Profile and the installed

Digital Certificate. NOTE: Do not remove this Digital Certifcate.

If it is removed from the system, you will not be able to

recover any of the encrypted files!

Within the

Encrypt/Decrypt section you can also configure both

the encryption algorithm and the key length (in bits). Changes

you make to these settings are only applied to future

encryptions. So if you already had files encrypted when you

change the encryption settings, you will need to decrypt and

re-encrypt those files to have your encryption settings apply

to them. Decryptions using original encryption settings are

handled transparently to the user.

The

Enrollment interface allows you to enroll authentication

devices, enroll fingerprints, and set authentication rules for

enrolled devices. For the procedure to enroll and authentication

device refer to Chapter 2.3. To enroll additional fingerprints,

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