Blackberry P'9981 manual Turn off automatic back-up and restore of key store data

User Guide Security

Add contacts automatically when you add certificates or PGP keys to the key store

You can set your BlackBerry smartphone to add a contact to your contact list using information from a certificate or PGP key in your key store. For example, if you add a colleague's public certificate to your key store, your smartphone can automatically create a contact entry with that person's name, organisation, phone number and address.

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

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

3.Select the Add Certificate Email to Contacts checkbox.

4.Press the key > Save.

Change the service that your smartphone uses to download certificates

Depending on your organisation, you might not be able to change the service that your BlackBerry smartphone uses to download certificates. For more information, contact your administrator.

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

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

3.Change the Certificate Service field.

4.Press the key > Save.

Turn off automatic back-up and restore of key store data

By default, items in the key store on your BlackBerry smartphone are backed up or restored when you back up or restore your smartphone data. For security reasons, if you don't want to back up your private key to your computer or restore your private key from your computer, you can turn off automatic back-up and restore of key store data.

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

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

3.Clear the Allow Key Store Back-up/Restore check box.

4.Press the key > Save.

To turn on automatic back-up and restore of key store data, select the Allow Key Store Back-up/Restorecheck box.

Change the refresh rate for certificate revocation lists

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

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

3.In the Certificate Status section, change the Expires After field.

4.Press the key > Save.

Your BlackBerry smartphone downloads a new revocation status automatically when your smartphone uses a key store item with a status that is older than the time limit that you set.

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