TID Virtual OTP Email Request (Policy)

The following is an overview of the relevant default settings for requesting a Virtual Mobile Authenticator OTP via email with Intelligent Adaptive Authentication.

  • Parent policy: Identikey Local Authentication
TID Virtual OTP Email Request—Default parameter settings
Parameter name Default value Description
pvdp_req_method KeywordOnly

Request Method

The method by which a user has to request a Virtual Mobile Authenticator login. The request is made in the password field during login. The request will be ignored if the user does not have a Virtual Mobile Authenticator assigned.

Possible values:

  • Default. Use the setting of the parent policy.
  • None. Do not use primary Virtual Mobile Authenticator.
  • Keyword. Use the request keyword, with or without another item. The user needs to type the request keyword into the password field. This can be blank.
  • Keyword Only. Only the keyword will be accepted.
  • Password. Use the static password. The user needs to type the static password into the password field.
  • KeywordPassword. Use the request keyword followed by the static password. The user needs to type the request keyword followed by the static password into the password field. No separator characters or white spaces are allowed between them.
  • PasswordKeyword. Use the static password followed by the request keyword. The user needs to type the static password followed by the request keyword into the password field. No separator characters or white spaces are allowed between them.

pvdp_req_keyword

votp

Request Keyword

This defines the request keyword that a user must enter to request a primary Virtual Mobile Authenticator login. This applies if a method using a keyword is selected in Request Method. This can be blank.

vdp_delivery_method Email

Delivery Method

The method used to deliver the Virtual Mobile Authenticator.

Possible values:

  • Default. Use the setting of the parent policy.
  • Email. Deliver the OTP via email. The user account must have a configured email address.
  • SMS. Deliver the OTP via SMS. The user account must have a configured mobile phone number.
  • Voice. Deliver the OTP via voice channel (i.e. dictated over a phone line). The user account must have a configured mobile phone number.

This field also allows you to specify one of the following combinations of delivery methods:

  • Email and SMS
  • SMS and Voice
  • Email and Voice
vdp_mdc_profile -

MDC profile

This setting can only be changed by OneSpan administrators!

The MDC profile to use for this delivery method. It defines a specific group of settings for a particular delivery method. If no MDC profile is specified in this field, the highest-ranked, enabled, and available MDC profile for the specified delivery method/s will be used.

The MDC profile name is not unique, therefore, more than one MDC profile with the same name may exist for this delivery method. In that case, the highest-ranked, enabled, and available MDC profile with the specified name will be used.

initial_window 1 hour

Initial Time Window

This controls the maximum allowed time variation between an authenticator and the host system, the first time that the authenticator is used. The time is specified in hours.

This Initial Time Window is also used directly after a Reset Application operation, which can be used if it appears that the internal clock in the authenticator has drifted too much since the last successful login. This only applies to time-based authenticators when verifying an OTP.

In either case, after the first successful login, the initial time window is no longer active.

event_window 10 events

Event Window

This controls the maximum allowed number of event variations between an authenticator application and the host system during login. This only applies to event-based authenticator applications and always applies for OTP verification. For signature validation, it depends on the online signature level setting whether the event window is used or not.