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--- vpn [2017-03-02, 10:48am] – cshen@uri.edu
+++ vpn [2017-03-13, 11:26am] (current) – cshen@uri.edu
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   * Group: select **URI**
   * Username: **Active Directory (AD) username**
-  * Password: eight-digit code generated from **RSA SecurID phone app**
+  * Password: eight-digit code generated from **RSA SecurID phone app** (after entering PIN)
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 ==== 2. Install the RSA SecurID phone app ====
-  * Search for "**RSA SecurID**" in your phone's app store and install it.
+  * Search for "**RSA SecurID**" in your phone's app store and install it (Apple App Store, Google Play, etc.)
 ==== 3. Acquire VPN password "token" for import into phone app ====
-In order for this RSA SecurID app to generate the VPN login password, you need to request a "token" to import into the app:
+  - You need to know your URI AD (Active Directory) credentials. This is not the guaranteed to be the same as any of your other URI logins, and it's rarely used, so for most people, **it's easiest to just call the Help Desk (401-874-4357) to reset it** for yourself.
   - Submit the request for VPN access to the Security Office -- https://security.uri.edu/forms/vpn
-  - Request the software token from this page: http://bit.ly/2msUipU
+    * Access period: 1 year
+    * Usernames: <AD username>
+    * Details: If you need the VPN access indefinitely, note it here.
+  - Once the VPN request is approved, then request the software token from this page: http://bit.ly/2msUipU
     * The above page can only be accessed from a URI network.
-    * The login for getting this token is your Active Directory (AD) credentials. This is not the guaranteed to be the same as any of your other URI logins, and it's rarely used, so for most people, **it's easiest to just call the Help Desk (401-874-4357) to reset it** for yourself.
+    * The login for getting this token is your Active Directory (AD) credentials.
     * Be sure to select the right type of token -- for most people it should be iOS or Android, depending on what kind of phone you have.
-  - The Security will issue the token via an email as an attachment -- open this attachment from your email client on your phone. Your phone should allow you to open the attachment with the RSA SecurID app for import.
+    * You'll be prompted to set a PIN for this token, which will be needed later.
+  - The software token will be emailed to you as an attachment -- open this attachment from your email client on your phone. Your phone should allow you to open the attachment with the RSA SecurID app for import.