User Guide

Glossary

PIN

personal identification number

private key

A private key is a key that only the certificate subject can use. Private key information is not distributed publically. BlackBerry® devices use private keys to sign email messages or PIN messages that users send and to decrypt email messages that users receive.

public key

A public key is a key that people other than the certificate subject can use. BlackBerry® devices use public keys to encrypt email messages or PIN messages that users send to certificate subjects and to verify the signature on email messages or PIN messages that users receive from certificate subjects.

root certificate

A root certificate is a self-signed certificate and usually belongs to a certificate authority.

SAN

subject alternative name

SHA

Secure Hash Algorithm

S/MIME

Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

SMS

Short Message Service

SMSC

Short Message Service Center

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

TLS

Transport Layer Security

Triple DES

Triple Data Encryption Standard

TTY

teletype

VPN

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