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About This Guide


Welcome to PKWARE® Smartcrypt®. You have taken an important step to take control of sensitive data across your enterprise.   This guide will help you to deploy PK Protect throughout your enterprise.  In this guide, you’ll learn to:  

  • Plan your PK Protect Installation: What you need to know, and have on hand before setting up PK Protect.
  • Install the PK Endpoint Manager: Whether you’re using Windows Server or a Linux-based appliance. 
  • Set up system backups and restores to ensure the PK Protect database is always available
  • Deploying PKWARE agents: Sensitive data lives on a variety of remote client devices. This chapter helps you get PK Protect running on Windows, Mac and Linux/UNIX. 
  • Uninstall agents from client devices: PK Protec users and their devices are always changing. Ensure that sensitive data stays with you when a device goes out of service.

Planning a PKWARE Installation

Installing a PKWARE Enterprise Manager

Installing PKWARE Agents

Windows Installation

Graphical Installation

  1. Right click on the Windows Installer and choose "Run as administrator".
  2. Review and accept the license agreement.
  3. Select a setup type of either typical or custom.
    1. Typical will install all program features.
    2. Custom allows you to choose which programs and features you wish to install.
  4. Launch the PEM Agent by double clicking on the PEM Agent icon from the desktop.


Command Line Installation

You can install the PEM Agent from the Windows command-line prompt or a batch file. In the command line, you can set values for various properties to customize the installation.

The command line looks like this:

CODE 
<name of smartcrypt installation file> /S /v"<properties>"

where:

  • /S is a switch that tells InstallShield® to run silently and not to display various initial screens (that say, for example,  Preparing to install )

  • /v is a switch that must be used to pass any specified Smartcrypt properties to the Windows installer.

  • <properties> is a list of property settings

You can also optionally pass in a switch to specify either the Basic UI, that displays a dialog containing only a Cancel button to allow canceling of the installation; or No UI, that displays no dialog. Both Basic UI and No UI can run unattended. The default is the full, graphical UI, which is interactive and so cannot run unattended.

SwitchSpecifies
/qbBasic UI
/qnNo UI

Any quotes (") in the parameters must be escaped with a backslash (\).

CODE 
<name of smartcrypt installation file> /S /v/qb
<name of smartcrypt installation file> /S /v"/qb PKPGPASSOC=0"

The properties you can set or change are described below:

Disable add to Path...

By default, the PEM Agent installer adds the command line program to the system's PATH. To disable the Smartcrypt command line interface from being added to the system PATH environment variable, type a command like this:

CODE 
<name of smartcrypt installation file> /S /v"ADD_TO_PATH=0"
Disable Command Line Interface (CLI)...

By default, the command line interface is included in your PEM Agent installation. If you prefer to only use the graphical interface, use this command:

CODE 
<name of smartcrypt installation file> /S /v"CLI=0"
Do not install graphical (GUI) components...

If you want to only run the PEM Agent through its command-line interface, you can disable all graphical elements by setting the GUI property to 0 using a command line like this:

CODE 
<name of smartcrypt installation file> /S /v"GUI=0"

Caution: Disabling the graphical interface also turns off PEM Agent Attachments, SaveSecure Office Integration and all file associations.

Associate file types with Smartcrypt…

By default, the installation associates with the PEM Agent the types of files listed in the following table. These file associations enable you to open a file of any of these types in the endpoint agent by double-clicking it in Windows Explorer.

File TypeProperty
ZIPPKZIPASSOC
UUEncode/XXencodedPKUUEASSOC
GZIP and TARPKGZASSOC
BZIP2PKBZ2ASSOC
ARJPKARJASSOC
RARPKRARASSOC
LZHPKLZHASSOC
OpenPGPPKPGPASSOC
CABPKCABASSOC
Z (UNIX compress)PKZASSOC
7ZipPK7ZASSOC


If you do not want a particular file type associated with the PEM Agent, set the corresponding property to 0 in the command line. For example:

CODE 
<name of smartcrypt installation file> /S /v"PKPGPASSOC=0"
Shortcuts...

 By default, the installation creates shortcuts to PEM Agent. If you do not want a shortcut created in one of the places listed in the table below, set the corresponding property to 0.

LocationProperty
Program group on start menuPKSTARTMENU
DesktopPKDESKTOP
Do not install Smartcrypt Attachments...

PEM Agents Attachments, the extension module for zipping email messages and attachments, installs by default if Outlook is detected. To not install Smartcrypt Attachments, set the MAIL property to No using a command line like this:

CODE 
<name of smartcrypt installation file> /S /v"MAIL=0"


macOS Installation

ScreensInstructions

Double click the PK Protect installer package provided from your PKWARE representative.


Press, "Continue" to be guided through the steps necessary to install the PK Protect Client for Mac.


Read through the software license agreement. Click, "Continue" to progress through the installation.

After pressing, "Continue" a prompt will show to verify that you agree to the terms of the software license agreement. Click "Agree" to continue the software installation.


Click, "Install" to perform a standard installation of PK Protect for Mac.


Enter the administrative password to authorize the installation of PK Protect for Mac

Verify the installation has completed by seeing this prompt and click, "Close"



Linux/Unix Installation and Removal

Installing on Debian Linux based distribution

CODE 
 [user@deb-host ~]# dpkg -i Smartcrypt_CLI-15.10.0034-x86_64.deb

Removing on Debian Linux based distribution

CODE 
[user@deb-host ~]# dpkg -r pkzip-server

Installing on RPM Linux based distribution

CODE 
[user@rhel-host ~]# rpm -i Smartcrypt_CLI-15.10.0034-x86_64.rpm

Removing on RPM Linux based distribution

CODE 
[user@rhel-host ~]# rpm -qa | grep PK
PKZIP_Server-15.10.0034-1.x86_64
[user@rhel-host ~]# rpm -e PKZIP_Server

Installing on Solaris

CODE 
SPARC
# pkgadd -d Smartcrypt_CLI-15.10.0034-sun4u.pkg all
x86
# pkgadd -d Smartcrypt_CLI-15.10.0034-i86pc.pkg all

Removing from Solaris

CODE 
# pkgrm PKWpkzs

Installing on AIX

CODE 
# installp -a -d <filename>.bff all

Removing from AIX

CODE 
# installp -u pkzip-server.\*

Starting and Stopping the Agent

Running the program will automatically start the agent. If you wish the agent to start with a specific set of credentials, please see the next section on managing login credentials.

Starting the Agent

CODE 
[user@rhel-host ~]$ pkzipc

Stopping the Agent on Linux

CODE 
[user@rhel-host ~]$ /usr/pkware/pkzip/bin/pkagent --stop
PKWARE pkagent for Linux 15.10.0034
Portions copyright (C) 1989-2016 PKWARE, Inc.
Stopping agent, PID=2991

Stopping the Agent on Solaris

CODE 
$ /opt/pkware/pkzip/bin/pkagent --stop
PKWARE pkagent for Solaris 15.10.0034
Portions copyright (C) 1989-2016 PKWARE, Inc.
Stopping agent, PID=2991

Help

CODE 
[user@rhel-host ~]$ pkzipc -help
Smartcrypt(TM) Version 15 for Linux X86-64 Licensed Version 
Portions copyright (C) 1989-2016 PKWARE, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. 
Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.  Patent No. 5,051,745  7,793,099  7,844,579 
7,890,465  7,895,434;  Other patents pending  
Usage: PKZIPC [command] [options] zipfile [@list] [files...]
   View .zip file contents: PKZIPC zipfile
   Create a .zip file:      PKZIPC -add zipfile file(s)...
   Extract files from .zip: PKZIPC -extract zipfile
The above usages are only basic examples of Smartcrypt's capability.

Enter 'C' to list Commands, 'O' to list Options or <Esc> to exit


Login Credentials

Creating your managed login credentials in the settings.json file

CODE 
/usr/pkware/pkzip/bin/pkagent --config --interactive

PKWARE pkagent for Linux 17.10.0017
Portions copyright (C) 1989-2021 PKWARE, Inc.

Enter your Smartcrypt Server URL (optional): https://<SEMURL>/mds
Enter the email address: michael@supportad.int
Does the account "michael@supportad.int" authenticate with Active Directory
credentials [y/n]: y
Enter the Active Directory credentials for "michael@supportad.int": **********
PKMeta Initializing - Built Jan 13 2022 at 15:35:25
PKMeta initialized
Initialized Cluster Evaluator
Would you like to use a Smartcard for Multi-factor authentication (MFA)? [y/N]:
n
Click here to expand...

This method is not recommended as it can leave passwords exposed in history.

Creating your managed login credentials in the settings.json file

CODE 
/usr/pkware/pkzip/bin/pkagent --config --email user@domain.ext --iwa password

Creating your unmanaged login credentials in the settings.json file

CODE 
 /usr/pkware/pkzip/bin/pkagent --config --email user@domain.ext --master password

Listing Current Smartkeys

Listing current Smartkeys

CODE 
ubuntu@ip-172-31-55-199:~$ pkzipc -listsm
Smartcrypt(TM) Version 15 for Linux X86-64 Licensed Version 
Portions copyright (C) 1989-2015 PKWARE, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. 
Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.  Patent No. 5,051,745  7,793,099  7,844,579 
7,890,465  7,895,434;  Other patents pending

 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
                             Smartkeys                            
 -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
             Name/URN                        Owner                
 -------------------------------  ------------------------------- 
 ubuntu's Shareable Smartkey      ubuntu@smartcrypt.com           
 default--MA_16_pRVZLqxK4LtDuUZPJQ0NQn4WVSbG3oywEHIcSEcJvcU=
 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Personal Smartkey                ubuntu@smartcrypt.com           
 priv--MA_16_pRVZLqxK4LtDuUZPJQ0NQn4WVSbG3oywEHIcSEcJvcU=
 ----------------------------------------------------------------

Encrypting a file to a Smartkey encrypted archive

CODE 
ubuntu@test-box:~$ pkzipc -add ~/sc-installs/file1.zip ~/sc-installs/test-smartkey.txt -smartkey=default--MA_16_pRVZLqxK4LtDuUZPJQ0NQn4WVSbG3oywEHIcSEcJvcU=
Smartcrypt(TM) Version 15 for Linux X86-64 Licensed Version 
Portions copyright (C) 1989-2015 PKWARE, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. 
Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.  Patent No. 5,051,745  7,793,099  7,844,579 
7,890,465  7,895,434;  Other patents pending
* Strongly encrypting files with a passphrase using AES (256-bit)
* Using UTF-8 file names and comments
* Using default compression method
Creating .ZIP: /home/ubuntu/sc-installs/file1.zip
  Adding File: test-smartkey.txt Deflating    ( 0.0%), Encrypting, done.

View passphrase on Smartkey encrypted archive

CODE 
ubuntu@test-box:~$ pkzipc -test -smartkeypass ~/sc-installs/file1.zip</p><pre>Smartcrypt(TM) Version 15 for Linux X86-64 Licensed Version 
Portions copyright (C) 1989-2015 PKWARE, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. 
Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.  Patent No. 5,051,745  7,793,099  7,844,579 
7,890,465  7,895,434;  Other patents pending

Testing files from .ZIP: /home/ubuntu/sc-installs/file1.zip


Smartkey passphrase: P4EhUuGKuaoDIJk3YKM4LVyhH0Qhin/aHjPSkwUgMRo=

Testing: test-smartkey.txt  OK

Create new Smartkey encrypted archive and output passphrase

CODE 
ubuntu@test-box:~$ pkzipc -add ~/sc-installs/file3.zip ~/sc-installs/test-smartkey.txt -smartkey=default--MA_16_pRVZLqxK4LtDuUZPJQ0NQn4WVSbG3oywEHIcSEcJvcU= -smartkeypass

Smartcrypt(TM) Version 15 for Linux X86-64 Licensed Version 
Portions copyright (C) 1989-2015 PKWARE, Inc.  All Rights Reserved. 
Reg. U.S. Pat. and Tm. Off.  Patent No. 5,051,745  7,793,099  7,844,579 
7,890,465  7,895,434;  Other patents pending
* Strongly encrypting files with a passphrase using AES (256-bit)
* Using UTF-8 file names and comments
* Using default compression method

Creating .ZIP: /home/ubuntu/sc-installs/file3.zip

Smartkey passphrase: YKlOSQMq7opMbPwKRBEin/PGQ9vBoVPaxMOvdO+n5ZI=

  Adding File: test-smartkey.txt Deflating    ( 0.0%), Encrypting, done.

Commands

CommandDescriptionExample
-SmartkeyCreateCreate a new smartkey pkzipc -smartkeycreate=test
-SmartkeyModifyUse SmartkeyModify to change a Smartkey’s name, and access rights to data encrypted with this Smartkey. pkzipc -smartkeymodify=Test -smartkeyn="Test A" -smartkeya=a@example.com
pkzipc -smartkeymodify="Test AB" -smartkeyn="Test AC" -smartkeya=c@example.org -smartkeyd=b@example.net
pkzipc -smartkeymodify="urn=smartcrypt--something-something" -smartkeys
-SmartkeyRemoveDelete any Smartkey with the SmartkeyRemove command pkzipc -smartkeyremove=”urn=Smartcrypt--something-something”
-ListsmartkeysDisplays a list of your Smartkeys and with =, displays a list of the users allowed to use that smartkey.pkzipc -listsm
pkzipc -listsm="Accounting"

Options

CommandDescriptionExample
-SmartkeySpecify a smartkey to be usedpkzipc -add -smartkey="urn=smartcrypt--something-something" save.zip *
pkzipc -add -smartkey="Accounting" save.zip *
-SmartkeyAllowAllows specified recipient(s) access to the Smartkey.pkzipc -smartkeym="urn=smartcrypt--something-something" -smartkeya=a@example.com -smartkeya=b@example.net
-SmartkeyDenyDenies specified recipient(s) access to the Smartkey.pkzipc -smartkeym="urn=smartcrypt--something-something" -smartkeyd=a@example.com -smartkeyd=b@example.net
pkzipc -smartkeym="urn=smartcrypt--something-something" -smartkeyd=@file.txt
-SmartkeyNameRenames the specified Smartkey

pkzipc -smartkeym="urn=smartcrypt--something-something" -smartkeyn="Test123"

pkzipc -smartkeym="Test 123" -smartkeyn="Test 12345"

-SmartkeyPassDisplay or write the random passphrase used in Smartkey based encryption to the console or a file.

pkzipc -add -smartkey="Sales Materials" -smartkeypass
pkzipc -add -smartkey="Sales Materials" -smartkeypass=mypass.txt

-SmartkeySetSpecifies recipients allowed access to the Smartkey, denying all others.pkzipc -smartkeym="urn=smartcrypt--something-something"-smartkeys=a@example.com -smarkeys=b@example.net
pkzipc -smartkeym="urn=smartcrypt--something-something" -smartkeys=@file.txt
pkzipc -smartkeym="urn=smartcrypt--something-something" -smartkeys





Uninstalling PKWARE Agents

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