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Configure Miscellaneous Settings

The Miscellaneous Configurations settings enables you to change the following:

• Length of One-Time Token (OTT) and its validity
• Validity of authentication tokens
• Enable or disable an authentication mechanism

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Services and Server Configurations tab in the main menu.
2. Verify that the CA Strong Authentication tab in the submenu is active.
3. Under the Miscellaneous Configurations section, click the Miscellaneous Configurations link to display the corresponding page.
4. Edit the fields on the page, as required. The following table describes the fields of this page:

   General

   One-Time Token Length

   Specify the length of the One-Time Token (OTT) that is issued to the users after successful authentication.

   Default: 6

   Token Validity (in Seconds)

   Specify the interval for which an OTT issued by CA AuthMinder will be valid.

   Default: 300

   Authentication Token Validity (in Seconds)

   Specify the interval for which an authentication token issued by CA AuthMinder will be valid.

   Default: 300

   Change Authentication Mechanism Status

   CA Auth ID

   Specify whether you want CA AuthMinder to provide the CA Auth ID PKI authentication capability.

   Default: Enabled

   QnA

   Specify whether you want CA AuthMinder to provide QnA authentication.

   Default: Enabled

   Password

   Specify whether you want CA AuthMinder to provide the basic password authentication functionality.

   Default: Enabled

   OTP/Activation Code

   Specify whether you want CA AuthMinder to support OTP-based authentication.

   Default: Enabled

   OATH OTP Token

   Specify whether you want CA AuthMinder to support OATH OTP Token-based authentication.

   Default: Enabled

   Kerberos

   Specify whether you want CA AuthMinder to support Kerberos-based authentication.

   Note: Kerberos authentication is supported only for Adobe Signature Service Protocol (see Configuring ASSP).

   Default: Enabled

   ArcotOTP-OATH

   Specify whether you want CA AuthMinder to support ArcotOTP credentials that are OATH compliant.

   Default: Enabled

   <arotp>

   Specify whether you want CA AuthMinder to support ArcotOTP credentials that are EMV compliant.

   Default: Enabled

5. Click Update to save the changes.
6. If you have changed the General configurations, then refresh all deployed CA AuthMinder Server instances. However, restart the CA AuthMinder Server if you change the authentication mechanism status. See Refresh a Server Instance for instructions about the procedure.