HID Crescendo C1150 Administration Guide - Manual (Page 107)

HID Global Crescendo C1150 – Administration Guide
November 2013 Page 107 of 115
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9.3 Sending and Reading Secure Emails
You can use your smart card-based certificate to read and send digitally signed and
encrypted emails.
9.3.1 Send Signed/Encrypted Emails
1. Compose your message
2. Add your digital signature or encrypt the message using the menu options of your email
client (such as Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird).
N OTE Mozilla Thunderbird support is only available with ActivClient.
3. Click Send and, if prompted, enter your PIN code.
9.3.2 Read Signed/Encrypted Emails
Open email you want to read, and, if prompted enter your PIN code.
9.4 Encrypting and Decrypting Files
Microsoft Windows allows the Encryption File System (EFS) feature to use smart card
certificates for files and folder encryption. Depending on your smart card content and your
platform configuration, you can seamlessly encrypt and decrypt files.
ActivClient supports the Encrypting File System (EFS) feature of Microsoft Windows.
9.4.1 Encrypt a File or Folder
1. Start Microsoft Explorer.
2. Insert your smart card.
3. Select the file or folder to encrypt.
4. Update your file or folder properties to enable encryption (via the Advanced button and
then the Encrypt contents to secure data option).
5. First time, you might need to configure EFS during your first file encryption (depending on
your platform configuration) you are prompted to choose an existing encryption certificate
or create a new one on your smart card, either:
 Select your existing smart card EFS certificate in the certificate list.
 Choose to create either a smart card self-signed certificate or a certificate issued
by your domain‘s certification authority.
Enter your smart card PIN and click OK.