Hi, My team has RSA Authentication Manager 6.1 installed 3 years ago. We also purchased two RSA SecurID hardware token for testing purpose.
Our RSA SecurID hardware token will be expired Aug 31, 2017.
With that said, I'd like to renew the Authentication Manager to latest version and get new software token for my team. What do I need to do?
I upload the complaint license information.
Thanks
The upgrade process from Authentication Manager 6.1 to Authentication Manager 8.1 is documented in the RSA Authentication Manager 6.1 to 8.1 Migration Guide. Once you are up and running on 8.1 you can then upgrade to RSA Authentication Manager 8.2 and RSA Authentication Manager 8.2 SP1. As long as your maintenance is current, the upgrade is free.
If you would like a larger user license or more tokens, those are purchasable options. I've reached out to your RSA sales rep to ask him to contact you regarding your upgrade so you can discuss that.
Regards,
Erica
Hi Erica,
Thanks for your reply. I'd like to confirm three questions:
1. If I upgrade my authentication manager from 6.1 to 8.1, or even 8.2, can I continue use my current hardware token?
2. At the back side of my hardware token, there is a date: 08/31/17. Does it mean the hardware token will be expired by the day? If yes, do I need to purchase new hardware token to work with authentication manager 8.1 after 08/31/17?
3. If I keep my current authentication manager unchanged and purchase new hardware token to replace the expired one, can they work together? The question matters as I need to put resource on migration if latest hardware token cannot work with authentication manager 6.1.
Regards
Martin
1) Yes
2) Token will no longer work for authentication, past that expire date on the back. Yes you need
new tokens to continue to authenticate. In an emergency you could use fixed passcodes to get you by,
while you sort out obtaining new tokens, but know fixed passcodes are no stronger than 1 factor password.
3) You can use new hardware tokens on old version 6.1 if needed. But 6.1 was end-of-lifed and we no longer support it.
1) Yes
2) Token will no longer work for authentication, past that expire date on the back. Yes you need
new tokens to continue to authenticate. In an emergency you could use fixed passcodes to get you by,
while you sort out obtaining new tokens, but know fixed passcodes are no stronger than 1 factor password.
3) You can use new hardware tokens on old version 6.1 if needed. But 6.1 was end-of-lifed and we no longer support it.