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Security functions
Inserting a SmartCard
Do not use force when inserting and removing the SmartCard.
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Make sure that foreign objects do not fall into the SmartCard reader.
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Slide the SmartCard into the SmartCard reader with the chip facing upwards and to the front.
When the SmartCard is properly inserted, it protrudes by approximately 2 cm.
Using Trusted Platform Module (optional)
This installation is only necessary in Windows XP. TPM is already integrated into Windows
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Vista.
A Trusted Platform Module (TPM), a special security chip, can optionally be integrated into your
device. The TPM functions like a permanently installed SmartCard. However, the TPM is not linked
to a user like a SmartCard, but to a hardware system. The TPM contains a unique code. As a result,
the TPM is used to uniquely identify and authenticate the device.
Requirement: The supervisor password is set.
To use the TPM, you must activate the TPM in the BIOS Setup. The TPM is activated by selecting the
Enabled option for Security Chip in the Security menu in the Security Chip Setting sub-menu.
If you have activated the TPM, the Clear Security Chip option appears. You can use this option to
delete the key in the TPM. However, you can then no longer access the data that you encrypted with
the key.
When the TPM is activated, together with the BIOS it checks the trustworthiness of all hardware
components.
For example, with the TPM activated together with software that has TPM capability, data can be
generated which can only be read or run on this Tablet PC. Support for security protocols, such as
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) for Internet connections, IPSec (LAN encryption), S-MIME (e-mail
encryption, WLAN encryption and others) is also possible.
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