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User Guide Supplement
S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry Smartphones
BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Series
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SWD-292878-0324093908-001
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Contents Certificates..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 Certificate basics.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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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. 7. Click Search. 8. Click a certificate. 9. Click Add Certificate to Key Store. View properties for a certificate 1. In the device options, click Security Options. 2. Click Certificates. 3. Click a certificate. Certificate properties
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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. Serial Number: This field displays the certificate serial number in hexadecimal format. Key Usage: This field displays approved uses of the public key. Subject Alt Name: This field displays an alternate email address for the cert
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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. 2. Click Certificates. 3. Highlight a certificate. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Show Chain. Certificate status Certificate status indicators : The certificate has a corresponding private key that is stored on your BlackBerry® device or a sm
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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. 3. Highlight a certificate. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Trust or Distrust. 6. If necessary, perform one of the following actions: • To trust the highlighted certificate, click Selected Certificate. • To trust the highlighted certificate and all the other certificates in the chain, click Entire Chain. Revoke a certificate If you revoke
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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. In the device options, click Security Options. 2. Click Certificates. 3. Highlight a certificate. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Change Label. 6. Type a display name for the certificate. 7. Click OK. Add an email add
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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. Turn off the fetch status prompt that appears when you add a certificate to the key store 1. In the device options, click Security Options. 2. Click Certificates. 3. Press the Menu key. 4. Click Fetch Certificat
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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. 9
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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. Change connection information for a certificate server 1. In the device options, click Security Options. 2. Click Certificate Servers. 3. Highlight a certificate server. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Edit. 6. Change connection information f
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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. Send connection information for a certificate server 1. In the device options, click Security Options. 2. Click Certificate Servers. 3. Highlight a certificate server. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. C
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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. • personal certificates (certificate and private key pairs) • certificates that you download using the certificate synchronization tool of the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager • certificates that you download from an LDAP certificate server • certificates that you add from a message • personal PGP® keys (public and private
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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. For more information, contact your administrator. 1. In the device options, click Security Options. 2. Click Key Stores. 3. Change the Certificate Service field. 4. Press the Menu key. 5. Click Save. Turn off automatic bac
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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. 15
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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. Digital signatures are designed to help recipients verify the authenticity and integrity of messages that you send. When you digitally sign a message using your private key, recipients use your public key to verify that the message is from you and t
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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 the certificate. 4. Click Import Certificate. Attachment indicators in S/MIME-protected messages : The message includes a certificate attachment. : The message includes multiple certificate attachments. : The
