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Formating smartcard

Because Internet Explorer relies on WinSCard Microsoft framework, you will need to initialize your card using Feitian utilities.

To start the administrative interface, double-click ftscManagerAdm.exe

Click the arrow to display the "Initialize" button then click the Initialize button.

Enter:

  • SO PIN: System Officer code used to unblock the card when user PIN is lost.
  • User PIN: daily user PIN code.
  • Try count: the maximum number of tries before card is locked.
  • Public memory size: the space for RSA publick keys.
  • Private memory size: the space for RSA private keys.

We recommend the same space for public and private memory, i.e. around 10.000 bytes. This should allow you to store up to 6-10 keys depending on key characteristics.

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