Blackberry 8300 Series, 8800 Series manual Smart cards, About using a smart card with your device

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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. As a result, private key operations such as signing and decryption use the smart card, and public key operations such as verification and encryption use the public certificates on your device.

If you use a smart card certificate to authenticate to your device, after you connect your smart card reader to your device, your device requests authentication from the smart card each time that you unlock your device.

If the S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry® devices is installed on your device, you can use smart card certificates to send S/MIME- protected messages.

Import a certificate from a smart card

1.In the device options, click Security Options.

2.Click Certificates.

3.Press the Menu key.

4.Click Import Smart Card Certs.

5.Type your smart card password.

6.Select the check box beside a certificate.

7.Click OK.

8.Type your key store password.

9.Click OK.

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Contents User Guide Supplement SWD-327206-0324105005-001 Contents Page Certificate basics CertificatesDownload a certificate from an Ldap certificate server View properties for a certificateSend a certificate View one type of certificate in the certificate listCertificate status Certificate status indicatorsDelete a certificate View the certificate chain for a certificateRevoke a certificate Change the trust status of a certificateCertificate revocation reasons Change the display name for a certificate Certificate optionsAdd an email address to a certificate Certificate shortcuts Cannot download a certificate Certificate troubleshootingPage Add a certificate server Certificate serversChange connection information for a certificate server Connection options for Ldap certificate serversSend connection information for a certificate server Connection options for Ocsp and CRL serversDelete a certificate server Change when your device deletes the key store password Change the key store passwordKey stores About the key storeChange the Key Store Address Injector field to Enabled Turn off automatic backup of key store dataClick Key Stores Change the Certificate Service field Change the refresh rate for certificate revocation listsPress the Menu key Click Save Page MIME-protected message basics MIME-protected messagesMIME-protected message status MIME-protected message options Encryption status indicatorsCheck the status of a certificate or certificate chain Change your signing or encryption certificateChange the default message classification Change the default signing and encryption optionClick Default Services About message classificationsChange the Message Viewer Icons field Change the size of S/MIME indicators in messagesChange the Request S/MIME Receipts field to Yes Change the Warn about truncated messages field to NoCannot open an attachment in an encrypted message MIME-protected message troubleshootingSmart cards About using a smart card with your deviceImport a certificate from a smart card Click Import Smart Card Certs