30.2 Devices page (Operation Settings)

Setting

Allow Card Activation

Default value

Yes

Description

Allows you to issue cards with their keys locked so users must activate them before use.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Allow card serial number to be entered during Request Card workflow

Default value

No

Description

Allows you to search for cards with specific serial numbers when requesting a card in MyID Desktop, or to search for devices to assign using the Assign Device (Search) feature in the MyID Operator Client.

Further information

See the Requesting a card section in the Operator's Guide and the Assigning a device to a request section in the MyID Operator Client guide.

 

Setting

Allow device management from the MyID user interface

Default value

No

Description

If set to Yes, you can search for computers or other devices registered in MyID during some operations.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Allow disposal of expired devices

Default value

Yes

Description

If set to Yes, allows you to dispose of devices that have expired but not been canceled.

Further information

See the Disposing of cards section in the Operator's Guide.

 

Setting

Allow virtual smart card creation with TPM reduced functionality

Default value

No

Description

Set to Yes to allow Microsoft Virtual Smart card to be issued within MyID when the TPM is in reduced functionality state.

Further information

See the Reduced functionality section in the Microsoft VSC Integration Guide for details.

 

Setting

Auth Code Scope

Default value

Both

Description

Whether Auth Codes, when required, affect Activate, Unlock or both workflows.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Card activation expiration period

Default value

30

Description

Not currently implemented.

Further information

This configuration option relates to custom functionality that is no longer implemented in MyID.

 

Setting

Card label

Default value

Yes

Description

Allows a label to be written to a card. This is an electronic label that is written to the card, not a physical label.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Card Renewal Period

Default value

42

Description

You can configure the length of time before expiry that you can request a card renewal using the Request Replacement Card workflow.

For example, if the card has 60 days left before expiry, and you set the Card Renewal Period to 40, you cannot request a card renewal. If the card has 30 days left before expiry and you set the Card Renewal Period to 40, MyID allows you to request the card renewal.

This option also affects the behavior of automatic certificate renewals; if the card is within the Card Renewal Period window, automatic certificate renewals do not get triggered, but instead a notification is sent to the cardholder that they must request a replacement card.

Further information

See section 6.6.1, Credential lifetimes and certificate renewal.

 

Setting

Check Content Signing Certificate Expiration

Default value

Yes

Description

MyID checks that the PIV content signing certificate will not expire in the lifetime of the card.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Credential Number Per Device

Default value

 

Description

Identifies the field holding the credential number; this is used at card issuance.

PIV only.

Further information

See the Setting credential numbers section of the PIV Integration Guide for details.

 

Setting

Default Card Data Model

Default value

PivDataModel.xml

Description

Sets the default data model to be used in a credential profile. The data model defines how the card is personalized.

Further information

In PIV systems, this is used to ensure the correct card personalization is done for FIPS-201.

 

Setting

Default Card Reverse Layout

Default value

 

Description

If a card has no defined reverse layout, if this configuration option contains the name of a valid card layout, the layout is used for the reverse of the card.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Delayed Cancellation Period

Default value

0

Description

The time in hours that can be used to calculate a delay for when the original device and certificates are canceled when you replace a device.

If the configuration option is not 0, an additional Reason appears in the list when you request a replacement: Device Replacement (Delayed Cancellation). If you select this option, the device and its certificates are not canceled immediately, but are canceled after the number of hours specified in this configuration option.

Note: A device that is scheduled for delayed revocation can still be canceled through the actions of the Active credential profiles per person configuration option if the cardholder collects another device.

Further information

See the Requesting a replacement card and Certificate reasons sections in the Operator's Guide, and the Requesting a replacement device section in the MyID Operator Client guide

 

Setting

Deliver Card Before Activation

Default value

No

Description

Set this to Yes to add a Delivery stage to the process for issuing a card, ensuring the card has been delivered to the recipient before it is activated.

Further information

See the Delivering cards section in the Operator's Guide for details.

 

Setting

Email Terms and Conditions

Default value

No

Description

Whether MyID emails a copy of the agreed terms and conditions to the cardholder.

This feature relates to HTML-based terms and conditions templates only.

Further information

See section 11.6.7, Emailing terms and conditions.

 

Setting

Enable credentials when person is enabled

Default value

Yes

Description

If set to Yes, enabling a user account in MyID automatically enables all issued but disabled credentials belonging to that user account.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Enable Intel Virtual Smart Card support

Default value

No

Description

Appears only on upgraded systems that previously had this option set to Yes.

Further information

MyID support for Intel Authenticate virtual smart cards has now been deprecated. If you are currently using this solution or have further questions about it, contact Intercede for further details quoting SUP-349.

 

Setting

Expiration Identity Batch

Default value

20

Description

MyID updates the directory to remove the device certificate information when a device identity is canceled or the certificate expires.

This option configures the size of batches of records that are processed when updating the directory. You should not have to change this value.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Issue MyID Signing Keys

Default value

Ask

Description

Whether the option to use MyID management keys for logon is displayed in Services when designing a credential profile:

Ask – option available for selection

No – option not available and MyID keys not used for logon

Yes – option not available and MyID keys are used for logon

Further information

See section 23.2, Terms and conditions.

 

Setting

Microsoft virtual smart cards supported within MyID

Default value

No

Description

Set to Yes to allow the use of Microsoft Virtual Smart Cards within MyID.

Further information

See the Microsoft VSC Integration Guide for details.

 

Setting

Mobile Provision Via Email

Default value

Yes

Description

Set this option to allow the notification of mobile IDs to be sent to the user's email address.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Mobile Provision Via SMS

Default value

Yes

Description

Set this option to allow the notification of mobile IDs to be sent to the user's mobile phone number.

Further information

 

 

Setting

One Active Job Per Person

Default value

Yes

Description

When set to Yes, the Request Replacement Card workflow cancels existing Issue Card, Update Card and Request Replacement Card jobs that exist for the applicant who is to be issued a replacement card.

Further information

 

 

Setting

One Credential Profile Request Per Person

Default value

No

Description

Setting this option limits the number of card requests to one per person per credential profile. The most recently created request job will take precedence.

Further information

Note: It is possible to bypass this feature if you have the Change Credential Profile At Approval configuration option set; at the approval stage, you can change the credential profile used for the request to a credential profile that has already been used to create a request for the person.

 

Setting

Persist terms and conditions

Default value

No

Description

When set to Yes, stores the terms and conditions that were signed as a binary object in the MyID database. This is then visible in the MyID audit report.

This option allows you to review the terms and conditions as they stood when the cardholder accepted them, rather than the terms and conditions as they currently stand, which may be different if you have updated the text of the terms and conditions.

Further information

See section 11.6.6, Storing signed terms and conditions.

 

Setting

PIV Biometric Maximum Age

Default value

12

Description

Set to the maximum age of the biometric data in years. MyID checks that the biometrics will not exceed this age in the lifetime of the card.

Further information

 

 

Setting

PIV Facial Biometrics Required

Default value

Yes

Description

When set to Yes, MyID checks that facial biometrics have been captured before authorizing card issuance.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Preserve FASCN and UUID for card update

Default value

Yes

Description

Set to Yes to prevent the FASC-N and UUID from being changed, or No to generate new FASC-N and UUID values during card repersonalization and reinstatement.

Further information

Repersonalization and reinstatement are not currently supported.

 

Setting

Print Quality Confirmation

Default value

No

Description

If set to Yes, allows the operator to confirm whether the card was printed correctly, and to offer an opportunity to retry the operation.

Further information

See the Collecting a card section in the Operator's Guide.

 

Setting

Secondary Serial Number

Default value

 

Description

A series of field names separated by spaces which are used as a second serial number.

Further information

 

 

Setting

Serial Number IIN

Default value

123456789

Description

Used to set the serial numbers for Oberthur PIV cards.

Further information

See the Serial numbers for IDEMIA PIV cards section in the Smart Card Integration Guide for details.

 

Setting

Terms and Conditions During Device Update

Default value

Just for New Certificates

Description

Determines whether users have to sign the terms and conditions when updating cards that have credential profiles that require them to sign the terms and conditions when activating their cards.

If the card is being updated to a new credential profile, MyID checks the Terms and Conditions setting of the new credential profile.

Can be one of the following:

Yes – users are required to sign the Terms and Conditions as required by the credential profile when collecting any kind of update for their card.

Just for New Certificates – users are required to sign the Terms and Conditions as required by the credential profile only when the update they are collecting contains new certificates.

No – users do not need to sign the Terms and Conditions when collecting card updates.

Further information

See section 23.2, Terms and conditions.

 

Setting

Token resync window

Default value

100

Description

The window to be used when resynchronizing an OTP device. The larger the value, the longer the resync window.

Further information

If you are having difficulty resynchronizing tokens, increase this value.

 

Setting

Unblocking Credential

Default value

No

Description

Whether this installation supports unblocking credentials.

Further information

See the Smart Card Integration Guide for details.

 

Setting

Windows Hello for Business supported within MyID

Default value

Yes

Description

Whether this installation supports Windows Hello for Business.

Further information

See the Setting the Windows Hello configuration options section in the Windows Hello for Business Integration Guide for details.