Registering for Offline Access
To use the private keys offline, users need to first set up their offline password. This password provides them offline access to their certificate and keys.
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To use the private keys offline, users need to first set up their offline password. This password provides them offline access to their certificate and keys.
End users need to perform the following steps to set up the offline password:
- Right-click the Arcot Offline Tool available in the system tray.
- Select the Register Offline Password option.The Register Offline Password for ArcotID dialog appears.
- Enter the following information in this dialog:
- Online Password: ArcotID PKI password.
- New Offline Password: The password that will be used to access the ArcotID PKI offline.
- Confirm Offline Password: Re-enter the offline password. This value must be same as that entered in the New Offline Password field.
- Click OK to set the Offline password.If the offline password registration was successful, then the dialog with the "Offline password registration was successful" message appears.If the user enters a wrong online password or different offline passwords in Step 3, then an appropriate error message appears. In this case, the user must repeat Step 1 to Step 4.
- Click OK to continue.
If the registration was successful, then it indicates that the offline access setup was successful. Based on the security settings as configured by you, your users might be prompted for the offline password any time they perform security operations, such as email signing, email decryption, or PDF document signing.
Refer to the "Working With Microsoft Outlook Emails" and "Working With Adobe PDF Documents" sections for more information on how to use the private keys and certificates stored in the ArcotID PKI for opening encrypted emails and signing PDF documents.