
RSA SecurID Software Token 4.1 Administrator’s Guide
2: Installing the Application 13
2 Installing the Application
This chapter describes installing RSA SecurID Software Token (the SecurID desktop
application), upgrading from a previous version, and transferring tokens from a
previous version.
Important: You must have administrator privileges to install or uninstall the
application.
Before You Begin
Before you install the SecurID desktop application, use the information in the
following sections to help you decide whether to:
• Install an optional web browser plug-in
• Customize the behavior of the application using policy settings
• Change the database that contains tokens stored on the local hard drive from the
default per-user database to a single database (Windows only)
• Disable the default copy protection on the token database
Web Browser Plug-Ins (Windows Only)
RSA SecurID Software Token for Windows provides optional web browser plug-ins
for Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox that allow users to authenticate to
protected web pages without manually entering a one-time password.
Note: RSA SecurID Software Token for Mac OS X does not support web browser
plug-ins.
To authenticate with the web browser plug-in, the user opens the browser and enters
the URL of the protected web page. The page displays an RSA SecurID authentication
dialog box. The user selects the token nickname, enters the user name, and enters a
PIN, if one is required. (If no PIN is required, the PIN field is unavailable.) The
SecurID desktop application then transparently submits the tokencode.
Note: The SecurID desktop application does not support running multiple instances of
a supported web browser plug-in within the same browser process. As a result, you
cannot use a browser plug-in to authenticate simultaneously to multiple sites that are
protected by SecurID.
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