Blackberry 7100I manual Third-party program control, About firewall settings

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Third-party program control

Prevent third-party programs from transmitting data

Set permissions for third-party programs

Control external connections

Control connections with the device

Control access to personal information

Security — frequently asked questions

About firewall settings

If you have third-party programs on your BlackBerry® device, the firewall option is designed to prevent these programs from transmitting data without your knowledge.

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Legal notice (See page 143.)

Prevent third-party programs from transmitting data

When a third-party program on your BlackBerry® device attempts to transmit data, a dialog box appears. Accept or deny the connection request.

To reset the firewall settings, in the device options, click Security Options. Click Firewall. Click the trackwheel. Click Reset Settings.

Related topics

About firewall settings (See page 95.)

Legal notice (See page 143.)

About permissions for third-party programs

You can set whether third-party programs on your BlackBerry® device can use data or connections from other programs. For example, a third-party program might use data from personal information management (PIM) programs or connections from programs such as the phone.

On the Permissions screen, if you set a permission field to Allow, you are granting third-party programs access to that program or connection.

If you set a permission field to Prompt, you are prompted whenever a third-party program requests access to that program or connection.

If you set a permission field to Deny, access to that program or connection by third-party programs is designed to be blocked.

If programs or connections within a group have different permission values, the permission field for the group is Custom.

Related topic

About firewall settings (See page 95.)