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If you are deploying RSA Soft Tokens to iPhone users you will need to use the RSA Token Converter to convert the RSA Seedfile to a url that the iPhone can use to import the seedfile into the iPhone RSA Token app. RSA provides a Token Converter that you can use to convert the seedfile to a text file containing a weird url that you would email to your iPhone user. Outlook however mangles the url and creates a headache for those deploying RSA iPhone Tokens. I found an offline script that converts the text file to an html file that you can then email to your user on their iPhone. They then open the html file and click the link which imports the token. The original script was created by:
Designed by Geoff Todd
At http://www.iphonedownloadworld.com
Thanks to Geoff Todd for putting that out.

I found however that my own use required some modification to the original script. I tweaked it a bit and figured i’d post it in case it helps anyone else.
My version of their script makes the following changes.

• It allows you to store the seedfiles in a remote location, it reaches into the central location and doesn’t require you store the seedfile in the same directory as the converter.
• It creates individualized text and html files based on the name of the seedfile processed by the script.
• It deposits the text and html files in the directory that the script runs in and allows you to retain the various files vs overwriting the same file over and over.
• It also checks to see if a previous file already exists and deletes it prior to creating new text and html files. This ensures you are always dealing with fresh files.
• It also tells you step by step what the script did in case you were curious.

If sending the HTML file to someone using Goodlink on the iPhone you may find the link in the HTML file is not clickable.  Simply sent them the .txt file or cut and past the line from the .txt file into the body of the email.  Your user can then cut and paste that into a browser to import the token.  The link to the RSA Token HTML converter script is shown below.

htmlconverter

I decided to return to a hobby site, something fun and something that i’ve wanted to improve for a long time. I started a website years ago about Sportster Pictures that just featured pictures of Harley Davidson Sportster motorcycles. I encouraged visitors to send me pictures of their own bikes and lots have sent in some great pictures. The problem is that I rarely have time to post the pictures in a timely manner. I decided to add a blog to the site to make putting up the submissions easier and i’m very pleased with the results. The blog looks alot better than the website and I can post the photo’s quickly and visitors can comment and ask questions. I have a ton of backlogged photos to post so i’m hoping that my visitors find the blog and participate.

If you have reset your Dell 3000cn or Dell 3100cn printer back to the factory defaults by clearning the NVRAM you will find that the username and password used to authenticate the web admin tool has also been set to the factory default. The default username used by the Dell printers is admin and the default password is password. After logging in using the default password you should immediately change the password for admin so that your printer cannot be managed by unauthorized persons.

When printing in Outlook 2007 you may receive the following error Unable to save the printer settings. Make sure the file c:\windows\outlprnt is not missing or write protected. This can be very frustrating, it recently happened to one of my executive customers. What we did to fix this error in Outlook 2007 was to browse to the c:\documents and settings\username\application data\microsoft\outlook folder, (replace username with the user profile of your user.) then we created a word document called Outlprnt.doc and left it blank just saved it so there was a file that existed. Then we closed Outlook 2007 and reopened and could print without seeing the ERROR Unable to save the printer settings. Make sure the file c:\windows\outlprnt is not missing or write protected.

If this does not work try opening the Outlprnt.doc file and put an x in it and save then close Outlook 2007 and try printing again.

RSA has done a great job of coming out with RSA Soft Tokens for many platforms. You can now run RSA Tokens aon Windows of all flavors, BlackBerry, Nokia and even run the RSA Token on your iphone. Unlike many of the RSA Soft Tokens, for iphone you need to use the RSA Token Converter to change your seedfile into a format that your RSA Token for iphone understands and will import. RSA provides the Token Converter free of charge at their website but you may also want to look into a couple other sites that help with utilizing the converted token data to easily get it imported on your iphone. The most secure i’ve seen is a html based tool that can be used offline. The offline RSA Token Converter lets you run a script that generates an html file you can email to yourself on your RSA Token enabled iphone. Corey Gilmore offers a web based tool that will generate html links you can email to yourself on yoru iphone to import the seedfile code into your iphone RSA token. In either case it all begins with the RSA Token Converter making importing a seedfile into your iphone RSA token easy.

If you have a SecureID RSA Token but would like to use something less easy to lose you might consider a RSA Soft Token that runs on your BlackBerry. The RSA Token For BlackBerry is easy to install and then just runs as another application on your BlackBerry phone. You will need to import a seedfile which is generated by the RSA Admin tool. The seedfile can be emailed to you on your BlackBerry and then imported or you can setup your BlackBerry server to push RSA seedfiles to BlackBerry devices. The first step however is to download and install the RSA token software on your BlackBerry device. RSA has provided the BlackBerry software on their website for a free download.

If you are using RSA authentication you may have been using the RSA hard token which is like a key fob that you carry around. RSA also has a soft token that expires less often and is very convenient in that it can be installed on Windows PC’s or a mobile device like a BlackBerry or iphone. The RSA Token For Windows can be installed on Windows XP or Windows Vista or even the new Windows 7. RSA provides the RSA Token For Windows at their website and the latest 4.1 version of the Windows Token works for 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows. You will need to have your administrator provide a seed file from your RSA server to enable the token and then you will need to set the pin before you can use the RSA Windows token. Here is a link to the RSA Website where you can obtain the RSA Windows Token.

If you are using Cisco Meeting Place for your conferencing and have recently upgraded to Office 2007 you may find that sometimes in Outlook 2007 you will have a missing Metting Place tab. I’m not sure why but the missing MeetingPlace Tab is a problem that can come and go in Outlook 2007. Generally the problem is that the Meeting Place Add In for Outlook 2007 is disabled. To re-enable the MeetingPlace add in just:
Click Tools
Click Trust Center
Click Addin’s on the left and near the bottom switch it to disabled items. See if Meeting place is disabled and if so re-enable it. Then close and restart outlook and see if the Meeting Place tab or buttons come back.

If this does not work, the you may need to uninstall Meeting Place, and reinstall the application. Then check to see if the Meeting Place add in is listed in Outlook. If you have a really stubborn problem, then you’ll need to uninstall Meeting Place, uninstall Office 2007 and reinstall Office and Meetingplace. This usually fixes even the most subborn issues of the tab missing in Outlook 2007.

If you are using RSA Soft Tokens and have upgraded to Windows Vista you are likley looking for a Windows Vista RSA Token. The good news is that RSA has now made available the version 4.1 of the RSA Soft Token which works great with Windows Vista using both 32bit and 64bit versions of the operating system. You can get the Windows Vista RSA Token at the RSA Website. You will still need the seedfile to make the token active. This seedfile comes from your RSA server at your company. You’ll then need to set the pin to make the token work properly.

If you are running Windows and need to use an RSA Soft Token you are now in luck. There is a RSA Soft Token for Windows 7 available from RSA. The RSA token for Windows 7 is version 4.1 which works on both Windows 7 and Windows Vista as well as Windows XP. You can obtain the RSA Token For Windows 7 at this RSA Token link. You will still need to have a seedfile deployed from your RSA Admin server and then set the pin which is why RSA freely gives out the Windows 7 RSA token via their website.

Or Pull the Windows 7 RSA Token from here.