Prerequisites to Obtaining a Digital ID

Personal Status

• Must be a registered student, faculty, or staff member of U. T. Houston.
• E-mail address must be of the form Jane.E.Doe@uth.tmc.edu .
• Must have a U. T. Houston Identification Badge.
• Must have a government issued picture ID - examples:
• Texas Drivers License
• U. S. Passport

Hardware & Software Requirements

• Personal Computer connected to the Internet
• Web Browser - Either
• Netscape's High Security Communicator -  Version 4.5 or later; or
• Microsoft Internet Explorer - Cipher Strength 128 bit - Version 5.5 or later
• Check Security Capabilities of Your Browser

What you should know!!!

• Your digital signature is your legal signature.
• Your are legally responsible for its use.
• Your digital signature is more difficult to repudiate than your hand written signature.
• Your digital ID is kept in a personal security area on your personal computers.
• While applying for a Digital ID, you create a  password for your security area.
• The password you chose for your security environment
• is never sent out on the network,
• must be unguessable,
• must never be written down,
• must not be used as a password for ANY other security application,
• MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN - ONLY YOU KNOW PASSWORD!!!!

Consequences of Forgetting Your Digital ID Password!!!!!

• your digital ID is lost forever!!!!
• anything encrypted by a lost digital ID can NEVER be accessed again!!
• you can no longer access restricted resources until you get a new digital ID!!
• you must obtain a new U. T. Houston Digital ID

 
 

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