Blackberry BLACKBERRY 9981 manual Revoke a certificate or PGP key, Certificate revocation reasons

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Revoke a certificate or PGP key

If you revoke a certificate or PGP key, it is revoked only in the key store on your BlackBerry smartphone. Your smartphone doesn't update the revocation status on the certificate authority, CRL servers, or on the PGP Universal Server.

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

2.Click Security > Advanced Security Settings > Certificates or PGP keys.

3.Highlight a certificate or PGP key.

4.Press the key > Revoke > Yes.

5.Change the Reason field.

6.Click OK.

To cancel a certificate hold, highlight the certificate. Press the key > Cancel Hold.

Certificate revocation reasons

Reason	Description
Unknown	The revocation reason does not match any of the predefined reasons.
Key Compromise	A person who is not the key subject might have discovered the private key value.
CA Compromise	Someone might have revealed the private key of the certificate issuer.
Change in Affiliation	The certificate subject no longer works for the organization.
Superseded	A new certificate is replacing an existing certificate.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.
PGP key revocation reasons

Reason	Description
Unknown	The revocation reason does not match any of the predefined reasons.
Superseded	A new PGP key is replacing an existing PGP key.
Key Compromise	A person who is not the key subject might have discovered the private key value.
Key Retired	The PGP key is no longer used.
User ID Invalid	The user information for the PGP key is not valid.

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