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- Introducing the Optional Fingerprint Sensor Device
User Enrollment
Before you can use any OmniPass features you must first enroll a user into OmniPass.
Master Password Concept
Computer resources are often password-protected. Whether you are logging into your computer, accessing
your email, e-banking, paying bills online, or accessing network resources, you often have to supply
credentials to gain access. This can result in dozens of sets of credentials that you have to remember.
During user enrollment a "master password” is created for the enrolled user. This master password
“replaces” all other passwords for sites you register with OmniPass.
Example:
A user, John, installs OmniPass on his system (his home computer) and enrolls an OmniPass
user with username “John_01” and password “freq14”. He then goes to his webmail site to log onto his
account. He inputs his webmail credentials as usual (username “John_02” and password “lifebook”), but
instead of clicking [Submit], he directs OmniPass to
Remember Password
. Now whenever he returns to
that site, OmniPass will prompt him to supply access credentials.
John enters his OmniPass credentials (“John_01” and “freq14”) in the OmniPass authentication prompt,
and he is allowed into his webmail account. He can do this with as many web sites or password protected
resources he likes, and he will gain access to all those sites with his OmniPass user credentials (“John_01”
and “freq14”). This is assuming he is accessing those sites with the system onto which he enrolled his
OmniPass user. OmniPass does not actually change the credentials of the password protected resource. If
John were to go to another computer without he OmniPass account to access his webmail, he would need
to enter his original webmail credentials (“John_02” and “lifebook”) to gain access. If he attempts his
OmniPass user credentials on a system other than a system he’s enrolled on, he will not gain access.
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HE
ENROLLMENT
PROCEDURE
ASSUMES
YOU
HAVE
NO
HARDWARE
AUTHENTICATION
DEVICES
OR
ALTERNATE
STORAGE
LOCATIONS
THAT
YOU
WISH
TO
INTEGRATE
WITH
O
MNI
P
ASS
. I
F
YOU
DESIRE
SUCH
FUNCTIONALITY
,
CONSULT
THE
APPROPRIATE
SECTIONS
OF
THIS
DOCUMENT
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