Blackberry BLACKBERRY 9981 manual Use a certificate to authenticate your smart card

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•You must have set a smartphone password.

•You must have the smart card password that you received with your smart card.

Use a certificate to authenticate your smart card

Before you begin: To perform this task, you must be using a smart card and a password to unlock your BlackBerry smartphone.

If you use a certificate to authenticate your smart card, the certificate authenticates your smart card whenever you use your smart card to unlock your smartphone.

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

2.Click Security > Password.

3.If necessary, change the User Authenticator field to Smart card.

4.Change the Authentication Certificate field.

5.Press the key > Save.

To stop using a certificate to authenticate your smart card, change the Authentication Certificate field to None.

Check the status of your authentication certificate automatically

Before you begin: To perform this task, you must be using a smart card and a password to unlock your BlackBerry smartphone.

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

2.Click Password.

3.If necessary, change the User Authenticator field to Smart Card.

4.Change the Certificate Status Check field.

5.Press the key > Save.

If your smartphone checks the status of your authentication certificate and finds that it is revoked or expired, your smartphone locks.

Store the passphrase for your smart card on your smartphone

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

2.Click Security > Smart Card.

3.Select the PIN Caching checkbox.

4.Press the key > Save.

Your BlackBerry smartphone stores the passphrase for the same length of time as it stores your key store password.

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