Acer TravelMate 6460 - Manual (Page 64)

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Initialization and Administration of
the Acer Security Platform
The initial status of the Acer Security Platform is disabled by default on delivery
to the customer. This ensures that no flow of confidential information from the
Acer Security Platform back to Acer can occur in this phase, as there are no
shared secrets in any form.
Before you can take advantage of your Acer Security Platform you must:
• Enable the Acer Security Platform. To enable the chip, please see "Enabling
or disabling Acer TPM security" on page 68.
• Setup your Infineon Security Platform by starting the Acer Security
Platform Initialization Wizard
• Setup Acer Security Platform Users by starting the Infineon Security
Platform User Initialization Wizard
Refer to Infineon Security Platform Solution Tools for detailed information
about the wizards and administrative tools.
If the Infineon Security Platform and an Infineon Security Platform User have
been setup, you are ready to obtain an Infineon Trusted Platform Module based
certificate.
User Authentication
For security reasons, you need to authenticate to the Acer Security Platform
before you can use security features. E.g. file encryption requires your Basic User
Key which is protected with your Basic User Password. Typing in this password
Security Platform
Administrator
(also called just
"Administrator")
Windows user
account (local or
domain),
member of the
Administrators
group
Perform
administrative
tasks, which
require Windows
administrative
rights.
No special
initialization
necessary.
Apart from the
authentication as
Windows
administrator, some
administrative tasks
require access to
special token files
protected by dedicated
passwords
Security Platform
User (also called
just "User")
Windows user
account (local or
domain)
Utilize Security
Platform
Features, e.g. file
and folder
encryption or
secure e-mail.
Configure
features and
perform user-
specific Security
Platform tasks.
Security Platform
User Initialization
enables a Windows
user to act as a
Security Platform
User.
Basic User Password
User Roles:
User Role Based on...
Purpose &
Tasks
Initialization Authentication