Login and Logout

In order to protect your private keys your profile is encrypted with a key derived from your login name and pass phrase. Therefore before you can use your private keys you must login to make the keys available to you. The login process is a process to verify that you are the owner of the profile.

Tip: It is a good idea to logout when you are not using your keys.

Login

For your convenience iSafeguard™ provides three ways to login: (1) from the Start menu; (2) from the Windows Explorer context menu; and (3) from the desktop icon. You may choose any one of the login methods, no differences.

As long as you are logged in, the certificates and private keys are available to you for encrypting, decrypting, signing, and verifying. You can tell that you are logged in by finding the golden lock icon in the right hand side of the taskbar as shown in the figure below.

To login you may use any one of the following options:

1. Right click your mouse button on a file or folder;
2. Select iSafeguard and then Login from the popup menu;
3. Enter your login name and pass phrase in the login dialog box, and then
4. Click the OK button

1. Click the Start button;
2. Select Programs and then MXC Software iSafeguard, and then iSafeguard Login;
3. Enter your login name and pass phrase in the login dialog box, and then
4. Click the OK button

1. Double click the icon MXC Software iSafeguard on your desktop;
2. Enter your login name and pass phrase in the login dialog box, and then
3. Click the OK button

Logout

To logout you may use either one of the following options

1. Clicking the Start button;
2. Select Programs and then MXC Software iSafeguard, and then iSafeguard Logout;

1. Locate the golden lock icon on the taskbar;
2. Right click your mouse button on the golden lock icon;
3. Select menu item Logout from the popup menu.

Note: Some functions are available even when you are not logged in if the functions do not need to access your private keys and certificates. These functions include Wiping, Cleaning Free Space, Creating non-PKI protected archives and Extracting non-PKI protected archives.

Automatic Logout

You can configure the software to logout automatically after a period of time of inactivity.

1. Start the Change Options dialog.
2. Click the Profile tab
3. Enter the number of minutes of inactivity after which the logged-in user is logged out authmatically
4. Click the OK button

Note: If there are iSafeguard™ windows open, such as Change Options, Crypto Properties, etc, that uses keys and certificates in your profile, iSafeguard™ will not logout automatically until these windows are closed.