User Guide

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Trust Status

This field displays the trust status of the PGP key. A PGP key can be explicitly trusted (the

 

PGP key itself is trusted), implicitly trusted (the PGP key is associated with a private key on

 

your BlackBerry® device), or not trusted (the PGP key is not explicitly trusted and is not

 

associated with a trusted PGP key on your device, and a chain of digital signatures to a

 

trusted key does not exist).

Creation Date

This field displays the date that the PGP® Universal Server generated the PGP key.

Expiration Date

This field displays the date that the PGP Universal Server specified as the expiration date

 

of the PGP key.

Email Address

This field displays the email address that is associated with the PGP key. Multiple Email

 

Address fields might appear.

Public Key Type

This field displays the standard to which the public key complies. Your device supports

 

RSA®, DSA, and Diffie-Hellman keys.

Key Usage

This field displays approved uses of the PGP key.

Fingerprint

This field displays the PGP key fingerprint in hexadecimal format.

 

 

Send a PGP key

When you send a PGP® key, your BlackBerry® device sends the public key, but does not send the corresponding private key.

1.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Security > PGP.

3.Highlight a PGP key.

4.Press the key > Send via Email or Send via PIN.

Delete a PGP key

1.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Security > PGP.

3.Highlight a PGP® key.

4.Press the key > Delete.

Clear the PGP data cache

The PGP® data cache contains cached PGP public keys and the PGP® Universal Server policy that your BlackBerry® device downloads from the PGP Universal Server.

1.On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Security > PGP.

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Blackberry 9100, 9105 manual Send a PGP key, Delete a PGP key, Clear the PGP data cache