Blackberry P'9981 manual Key store, About the key store, Change the key store password

User Guide Security

Key store

About the key store

The key store on your BlackBerry smartphone might store the following items:

•Personal certificates or PGP keys (public and private key pairs)

•Certificates that you download using a certification authority profile or the BlackBerry Desktop Software

•Root certificates that are included in the BlackBerry Desktop Software

•Certificates that you download from an LDAP-enabled server or DSML-enabled server

•PGP public keys that you download from an LDAP-enabled server

•Certificates or PGP public keys that you import from your smartphone or a media card

•Certificates or PGP public keys that you add from a message

To access items in the key store, you must enter a key store password. If you exceed the number of allowed password attempts, all your smartphone data is deleted.

Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a back-up file on your computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current back-up file on your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if your smartphone is lost, stolen or corrupted by an unforeseen issue.

Change the key store password

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

2.Click Security > Advanced Security Settings > Key Stores.

3.Press the key > Change Key Store Password.

Synchronise the key store password with the smartphone password

If you synchronise the key store password with your BlackBerry smartphone password, when you change your smartphone password, the key store password changes to match it automatically.

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

2.Click Security > Advanced Security Settings > Key Stores.

3.Change the Use Device Password as Key Store Password field to Yes.

4.Press the key > Save.

Change when your smartphone deletes the key store password

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

2.Click Security > Advanced Security Settings > Key Stores.

3.Change the Key Store Password Timeout field.

4.Press the key > Save.

To access private keys after your BlackBerry smartphone deletes the key store password, you must type your key store password.

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