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ArcotID PKI Support

The client will work with ArcotID PKIs created with previous releases of AuthMinder Server.

New ArcotID PKI format attributes are designed so that an older client can still use the ArcotID PKI for basic purposes such as authentication. The existing 4.x client will not support the new 5.0 card attributes. If new cards are presented, then the client will ignore them without crashing or producing error messages.

New ArcotID PKIs that are protected with device locking (double camouflage; user password and machine PIN) will be ignored by previous clients. This will be done by changing wallet version field in the ASN.1 of the device-locked ArcotID PKI.

New ArcotID PKI files downloaded by the ArcotID PKI Client 5.0 client will not be recognized by any old version of client installed on the same machine, because the ArcotID PKI file extension is changed to .aid.