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Introduction

Whilst FIDO keys are normally used to authenticate in FIDO mode, they are capable of being used as an OTP source (VPN is one example where you may want to use a FIDO key to generate event based OTP authentication codes).

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SafeKey/Classic OTP Programming Tool

Preparing the key for OTP generation

Use the follow the steps to program a SafeKey/Classic key to produce OTP codes when the key is touched;

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Once all keys have been programmed, close the Tool

Locating the automatically created seed file

The SafePass programming tool generates the following files (the files are generated in the same folder that tool is run from);

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Once the tokens have been uploaded to DualShield the generated seed files should either be removed, or transferred to a secure storage location.

Manual creation of the seed file

Alternatively, an XML file can be created using a text editor and populated prior to burning each seed.

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The file will now be ready for importing into DualShield.

Importing the seed data into DualSheild

Log in to the management console and navigate to ""Repository | Tokens"

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The token will import in the form of a SafeID/Event-based token as per the example below and is ready to be assigned to a user;

Assigning the token

To assign the new token to a user left click on the context menu of the newly imported token then select "Assignments";

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