Dear Matthew, dear all, the login works as follows:
1. user has a 4-digit PIN PPPP 2. user has got a hardware token (small device) used for creating temporary passwords (8 digits, HHHHHHHH). 3. When the user wants to connect to the VPN, he has to switch on his token, create a temporary password (passcode) and then concatenate this with his PIN. The code to be entered is then PIN followed by temporary passcode as follows: PPPPHHHHHHHH Kind regards, Gerd 2013/7/1 Matthew Grooms <[email protected]> > On 7/1/2013 7:55 AM, Gerd Röthig wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> > Hi Gerd, > > thank you very much for your efforts in developing this new release. >> >> Unfortunately, there seem to have been some changes in the >> authentication procedure which render this new release unusable when >> users will have to use a password provided by a hardware token (such as >> Entrust or RCA). >> Scenario is as follows: For logging into the VPN, users will have to >> provide a 4-digit PIN number, follwed by an 8-digit number provided by >> the hardware token. >> > > Is that 3 different logins, or is that one long password made from > concatenating 3 different values? > > This login procedure works without problems in the 2.1.7 release. >> >> > Ok. > > The new 2.2.2 release, however, seems to fail transmitting these >> credentials properly. Apparently, it then seems to repeat that faulty >> login procedure several times, which finally results in the user's >> Entrust account being blocked because of too many login failures. >> >> The option to try to re-connect after a disconnect, should therefore NOT >> be made the default setting after installing the 2.2.2 Shrew Soft VPN >> client. >> >> > The login behavior should not have changed unless you check the option in > the VPN Access Manager. > > Kind regards, >> >> > Thanks, > > -Matthew > > ______________________________**_________________ > vpn-help mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.shrew.net/**mailman/listinfo/vpn-help<https://lists.shrew.net/mailman/listinfo/vpn-help> >
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