PEAP authentication requires that BlackBerry devices trust the authentication server certificate. To trust the
authentication server certificate, BlackBerry devices must trust the certificate authority that issued the certificate. A
certificate authority that the BlackBerry devices and the authentication server trust mutually must generate the certificate
for the authentication server.
Each BlackBerry device stores a list of explicitly trusted certificate authority certificates. BlackBerry devices that use PEAP
authentication require the root certificate for the certificate authority that issued the certificate.
To distribute the root certificate to BlackBerry devices, you can use the certificate synchronization tool in the BlackBerry
Desktop Manager. You must configure a Wi-Fi profile to provide the user name and password for authentication.
For more information about how the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution supports PEAP authentication, see the BlackBerry
Enterprise Server Security Technical Overview.
Configure PEAP authentication data for BlackBerry
devices using a Wi-Fi profile
If BlackBerry device users in your organization's environment use BlackBerry 7270 smartphones, you must configure user
names and passwords using IT policy rules instead of configuration settings.
1. In the BlackBerry Administration Service, on the BlackBerry solution management menu, expand Policy > Wi-Fi
configuration.
2. Click Manage Wi-Fi profiles.
3. Click the name of the Wi-Fi profile that you want to configure.
4. Click Edit profile.
5. On the Wi-Fi profile settings tab, perform the following actions:
• In the Wi-Fi User Name field, type the user name for PEAP authentication.
• In the Wi-Fi User Password field, type the password for PEAP authentication.
6. If necessary, on the Wi-Fi profile settings tab, configure the following configuration settings:
• Wi-Fi Link Security
• Wi-Fi Hard Token Required
• Wi-Fi Server Subject
• Wi-Fi Server SAN
• Wi-Fi Disable Server Certificate Validation
7. Click Save All.
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