KOBIL Smart Card Terminal Manual
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Always be sure to enter the PIN unobserved in order to prevent others from
intercepting your PIN.
To keep your PIN secret, it must not be shared with anyone, or noted on the
smart card terminal or any other place.
You may correct your input by using the ‘C’ button. If necessary, you will have to
confirm the input of the PIN with the confirmation button. To view the arrangement of
the buttons, confer Image 1.
5.2
Secure PIN Change
The smart card terminal KAAN Standard Plus SecOVID / Reader Plus (in the online
mode) supports the secure input of your smart card PINs. This application allows
you, for instance, to enter the PIN of your smart card – such as for smart cards
compliant with the German Signature Act – directly at the smart card terminal. The
advantage here is that no virus or malicious software can intercept the PIN on your
PC. Make sure when buying security-relevant software that it supports secure PIN
changes according to the MKT standard.
Image 12 shows the procedure for secure PIN change. Like the previous procedure,
the secure changing of your PIN is equally indicated by a ‘P’ followed by a sequence
of fourteen vertical bars in the lower half of the display (cf. Image 12).
First, you will have to enter your old PIN into the keyboard of the smart card terminal
(on display: a ‘P,’ followed by a sequence of fourteen vertical bars in the lower half of
the display). Next, enter your new PIN twice (on display: an ‘N’ plus a superior ‘1’
during the first input, and an ‘N’ plus a superior ‘2’ for the retyped input). If you enter
your old PIN incorrectly, or if you fail to retype the new PIN correctly, the process will
abort, and the PIN will remain unchanged.
The input can be corrected with the ‘C’ button. You may possibly have to confirm the
PIN input with the confirmation button. To view the arrangement of buttons, please
confer Image 1.
Whenever you see
the letter ‘P’ (and subsequently an ‘N’ with a superior
‘1’ or ‘2’), followed by a sequence of fourteen vertical bars in the lower half
of the display, you can safely enter your PIN through the keyboard of the
smart card terminal. Never enter your PIN through the keyboard of the smart
card terminal if your display shows a different message.
Always be sure to enter the PIN unobserved in order to prevent others from
intercepting your PIN.
To keep your PIN secret, it must not be shared with anyone, or noted on the
smart card terminal or any other place.
