Supported Operating Systems; Security; Password Decode - HP OmniBook 5000 Familiarization Manual

Supported Operating
Systems

Security

Password Decode

MS DOS version 6.22*
Microsoft Windows for Workgroups 3.11*
Microsoft Windows 95*
Microsoft NT workstation 3.51/4.00.**
OS/2 version 3.0**
* Supported to the application level.
** Only setup and configuration supported.
Physical security from Kensington Lock
2 - level password protection (admin and user levels), PC ID (tattooing)
If the user forgets the system password, there is a master password that will unlock
the OmniBook. The user calls Technical Support to determine this master
password as follows:
1. Support will tell the user the keys to type at the password entry screen.
2. The OmniBook generates and displays an encoded master password. This
is displayed under the normal password entry area. At this point, this is the
only password that will unlock the OmniBook unless the user presses [ESC]
to remove the encoded master from the password entry screen. Then the
user's stored password can be entered.
3. The user reads the encoded master password to Support.
4. Support runs a program that decodes the encoded password, and reads
the decoded password (alphanumeric) to the user.
5. The user types in the decoded password.
6. OmniBook decodes the encoded master password it generated and
compares it to the decoded password typed in by the user.
7. If the two passwords match, the OmniBook is unlocked. The forgotten
password is automatically erased. Support can then guide the user through
the process of entering a new password.
8. If the two passwords do not match, the previous sequence must be
repeated until the user correctly enters a master password.
The encoded master password is an eight-character alphanumeric sequence
that the OmniBook generates at random every time the appropriate keys are
pressed in the password entry screen. Because it is generated randomly, a
master password can only be used to unlock the OmniBook once. If the user
forgets the password at another time, it will require another call to Support.
(If the user presses the appropriate keys by mistake, pressing [ESC] will
allow entering the stored password.)
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