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Activate / Deactivate Cryptdrive

This option install a driver on your system to create encrypted disks. After activating you can create and open a number of encrypted disks, that will be shown as a normal hard drive with drive letter in the file explorer. On these drives data and programs can be safely stored without noticeable delay. An access to data and programs is possible only after opening the drive. The necessary memory for the new drive will be reserved on your hard disk as freely chosen encrypted IMAGE - file.

Add new

Here you can directly create a new virtual encrypted drive. You will find a complete management interface under advanced settings.

Advanced Settings

Here you get into the advanced settings. This include a complete management interface for creating, editing, deleting and changing password. In the case of using an X.509 certificate-based encryption you can administer the authorization here.

Subpages

Management: Creating and administration of CRYPTDRIVEs
Settings: Set the encryption algorithm

Management

Activate / Deactivate Cryptdrive

Activates or deactivates the abylon CRYPTDRIVE. Only with activated drive an access to the encrypted data and programs is possible.

Create New

Create a new CRYPTDRIVE.

Import

Imports an existing CRYPTDRIVE (IMK file) from your hard drive or server.

Remove

Remove the CRYPTDRIVE from the list (button Links) or delete it complete from the harddrive (button All).

Edit

Opens a dialog box to change the parameters of the selected CRYPTDRIVE.

Change Password / Change Default Encryption ALG

Change the "Secret" of the selected CRYPTDRIVE
Password, chip card, USB-Stick or certificates can be used as a secret (Keymanagement). The new Keymanagement are defined in the settings before!

Possible Changes:

Change password: Defining new password or chip card.
SYMM >> HYBRID: Change from the password based to the certificate based Keymanagement.
HYBRID >> SYMM: Change from the the certificate based to password based Keymanagement.

Overview settings:

Default Encryption ALG / Keymanagement		New Secret (Keymanagement)
Default Encryption ALG / Keymanagement		SYMM-System / Password based	SYMM-System / Chip card- or USB memory medium based	HYBRID-System
Previous Secret (Keymanagement)	SYMM-System / Password based	Change Password	Change Password	SYMM >> HYBRID
	SYMM-System / Chip card- or USB memory medium based	Change Password	Change Password	SYMM >> HYBRID
	HYBRID-System	HYBRID >> SYMM	HYBRID >> SYMM	Changes in the CERTMANAGER possible

Create a shortcut on the desktop

With this menu point it is possible to create icons (shortcuts) for opening and closing of abylon CRYPTDRIVES on the desktop.

These icons can be copied also into the start menu. So that the encrypted drive open automatically after starting the operating system.

Open / Close

Open or close the selected drive (9).

Current Connections

List of connections to all abylon CRYPTDRIVE on the computer, with size, drive letter and initial folder.

Opened CRYPTDRIVE
Closed CRYPTDRIVE

10.

Authorize certificates

This list view show all authorize certificates (PKCS#7 or PKCS12) for the selected virtual drive.

With the button Remove the selected certificate will be deleted from the authorize list. The own certificate can not be removed. With the button Add button, the access permission is supplemented by a new certificate. To selection the certificate the abylon CERTMANAGER open. The button Info display the certificate information.

The certificates are need and display only for HYBRID-System CRYPTDRIVE!

Settings

Default Encryption ALG

Selected encryption system and the used encryption algorithm.

At this time possible settings for the abylon CRYPTDRIVE:

HYBRID-AES: Certificate based asymmetrical key administration according to the PKCS-procedure of RSA and internal data encryption with the AES-algorithm (256 bit key length)
HYBRID-Blowfish: Certificate based asymmetrical key administration according to the PKCS-procedure of RSA and internal data encryption with the Blowfish-algorithm(448 bit key length)
SYMM-AES: Password based symmetrical encryption with the AES-algorithm (256 bit key length)
SYMM-Blowfish: Password based symmetrical encryption with the Blowfish-algorithm (448 bit key length)
HYBRID-AES & Blowfish: Certificate based asymmetrical key administration according to the PKCS-procedure of RSA and internal data encryption with the AES-algorithm (256 bit key length) and then with the Blowfish-Algorithmus (448 bit key length).
SYMM-AES & Blowfish: Password based symmetrical encryption with the AES-algorithm (256 bit key length) and then with the Blowfish-Algorithmus (448 bit key length).
SYMM-Blowfish 4Eye-System: Password based symmetrical encryption with the Blowfish-algorithm (448 bit key length). At 4Eye-system must 2 passwords entered.
SYMM-AES 4Eye-System: Password based symmetrical encryption with the AES-algorithm (256 bit key length). At 4Eye-system must 2 passwords entered.
SYMM-AES & Blowfish 4Eye-System: Password based symmetrical encryption with the AES-algorithm (256 bit key length) and then with the Blowfish-Algorithmus (448 bit key length). At 4Eye-system must 2 passwords entered.

In the abylon Keymanagement you can define the using of passwords, bank- or health insurance in case of the SYMM-System

Tutorial

Procedure to change the "Secret" (Keymanagement)
Create shortcuts on the desktop

Procedure to change the "Secret" (Keymanagement)

1.	Open the Setting dialog and change to site Cryptdrive > Settings. Here, the encryption system and the encryption algorithm can be selected. In the case of the SYMM-System can optionally select between Password based or Smart card based on the side Key management -> SYMM-System.
2.	Change to site Cryptdrive > Management and select the CRYPTDRIVE from the list.
3.	Press icon Change Password, SYMM >> HYBRID or HYBRID >> SYMM (The button is displayed in the settings; see table)
4.	Input of the previous "Secret" (password, PIN, chipcard, CD/DVD or USB-Token)
5.	Input of the new "Secret" (passwort, PIN, chipcard, CD/DVD or USB-Token) In case of the certificate based HYBRID-System the authorized certificates are defined in the abylon CERTMANAGER!

Create shortcuts on the desktop

1.	Open the Setting dialog and change to site Cryptdrive Management
2.	Select the CRYPTDRIVE in the list
3.	In the rigth mouse button menu select the point Create desktop shortcut About the button Create desktop shortcut
4.	You'll find two new icons on the desktop. One for opening and another to close the corresponding drive. For automatic mount of an drive after starting up the system, the icon (shortcut) must be copied in the Autostart-folder. (Start > Programms > Autostart)

Settings > CryptDrive

Tutorials