Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 8100 Series Blackberry
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User Guide Supplement S / MIME Support Package for BlackBerry Smartphones B lackBerry Pearl 8100 Series.
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Contents Certificates .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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Certificates Certificate basics Download a certificate from an LDAP certificate server 1. In the device options, click Security Options . 2. Click Certificates . 3. Press the Menu key. 4. Click Fetch Certificates . 5. Specify the search criteria. 6. Press the Menu key.
This field displays the standard to which the public key complies. Your device supports RSA®, DSA, Diffie-Hellman, and ECC keys. Subject: This field displays information about the certificate subject. Issuer: This field displays information about the certificate issuer.
Delete a certificate 1. In the device options, click Security Options . 2. Click Certificates . 3. Highlight a certificate. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Delete . View the certificate chain for a certificate 1. In the device options, click Security Options .
5. Click Fetch Status or Fetch Chain Status . Change the trust status of a certificate 1. In the device options, click Security Options . 2. Click Certificates .
Superseded: A new certificate is replacing an existing certificate. Cessation of Operation: The certificate subject no longer requires the certificate. Certificate Hold: You want to revoke the certificate temporarily. Certificate options Change the display name for a certificate 1.
3. Press the Menu key. 4. Click Fetch Certificates . 5. Press the Menu key. 6. Click Options . 7. Change the Prompt for Label field to No . 8. Press the Menu key. 9. Click Save . When you add a certificate, your BlackBerry® device uses the certificate subject as the name for the certificate.
Certificate troubleshooting I cannot download a certificate If you changed the connection type that your BlackBerry® device uses to connect to the LDAP certificate server, try switching to the default connection type.
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Certificate servers Add a certificate server 1. In the device options, click Security Options . 2. Click Certificate Servers . 3. Press the Menu key. 4. Click New Server . 5. Specify information for the certificate server. 6. Press the Menu key. 7. Click Save .
Connection Type: Specify whether your BlackBerry® device uses an SSL connection or a TLS connection to connect to the certificate server. Connection options for OCSP and CRL servers Friendly Name: Type a display name for the certificate server. Server URL: Type the web address of the certificate server.
Key stores About the key store The key store on your BlackBerry® device might store the following items. To access these items in the key store, you must type a key store password.
3. Change the Key Store Address Injector field to Enabled . 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Save . Change the service that your device uses to download certificates Depending on your organization, you might not be able to change the service that you use to download certificates.
2. Click Key Stores . 3. Change the Accept Unverified CRLs field to No . 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Save . Your BlackBerry® device rejects certificate revocation lists from CRL servers that the BlackBerry® MDS Connection Service cannot verify.
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S/MIME-protected messages S/MIME-protected message basics About signing and encrypting messages You can digitally sign or encrypt messages to add another level of security to email messages and PIN messages that you send from your BlackBerry® device.
Add a certificate from a message 1. In a message, highlight a digital signature indicator. 2. Press the Menu key. 3. Click Import Sender’s certificate . Add a certificate from an attachment 1. In a message, click the certificate attachment. 2. Click Retrieve Certificate Attachment .
3. Click Encryption Details . S/MIME-protected message status Digital signature indicators : Your BlackBerry® device verified the digital signature. : Your device cannot verify the digital signature. : Your device requires more data to verify the digital signature.
1. In a message, highlight a digital signature indicator. 2. Press the Menu key. 3. Click Check Sender’s Certificate or Check Sender’s Cert Chain .
Change the default message classification Verify that your administrator has turned on message classifications. Your BlackBerry® device is designed to use the default message classification when you send a message to a contact that you have not sent a message to or received a message from previously.
Turn off the prompt that appears before an S/MIME-protected message is truncated 1. In the device options, click Security Options . 2. Click S/MIME . 3. Change the Warn about truncated messages field to No . 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Save . To turn on the prompt again, change the Warn about truncated messages field to Yes .
Smart cards About using a smart card with your device Smart cards store certificates and private keys. You can use a smart card reader to import certificates from a smart card to the key store on your BlackBerry® device, but you cannot import private keys.
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