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Chapter1.Overview

TheLenovoHardwarePasswordManager(HPM)givesanadministratortheabilitytomanagehardware

passwordsforallregisteredPCdevices.Further,itcreatesthenotionofaBIOS-leveluserIDandpassword

fortheendusertouseasasinglesign-onproxy.ThisuserIDandpasswordcanbesynchronizedwiththe

WindowsIDandpasswordfortheuser.TheuseralsohastheoptiontoauthenticatehimselftoBIOSusing

hisngerprint.Whenthedevicepowerson,theuserisaskedforthesecredentials.Ifprovided,thedevice

willlogintheusertohisdesktop.Thismechanismpreservestheuser'sprivacyandmakesitpossibleforhim

tousethedevice,eventhoughhedoesnotknowwhattheactualhardwarepasswordsare.

WhenHPMisinstalled,theLenovoThinkManagementConsolecoreserveractsastheHPMserver—it

managesandauthenticatesHPMdevices.Inaddition,anActiveDirectoryoreDirectoryLDAPserver

functionsastheauthenticationserverforHardwarePasswordManager—theHPMserverchecksuser

credentialsagainstdataontheLDAPserver.

OnLenovoclientdeviceswhichsupportHPM,theadministratorinstallsanagentthatcontainsaHardware

PasswordManagerapplication.Whentheclientdevicepowerson,itcommunicatesthroughUDPport

50001withtheHPMserver.

Aftertheclienthasbootedtotheoperatingsystem,itusestheHardwarePasswordManagerclientapplication

tocommunicatewithaWebserviceontheserver.ThiscommunicationisthroughanHTTPSchannel.

TheadministratorusestheHPMfeaturesintheThinkManagementConsoletomanageHPMdevicesand

createanddeploypoliciestothesedevices.ThesepoliciesdeterminehowHardwarePasswordManager

isimplementedforthedevices;forexample,theadministratorselectswhichuseroptionsareavailable

onHPMdevicesaspartofthepolicydenition.

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