Administration Guide

Configuring security options

Ability to use a password, which the sender and recipient each know, to encrypt S/MIME-protected email messages or PIN messages

Ability to read S/MIME certificates that are stored on a smart card

Configure the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution to support S/MIME encryption

1.Configure encryption options for S/MIME-protected messages on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

2.If required, configure message classifications for email messages.

3.If required, configure the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to retrieve certificates and the status of certificates from LDAP servers, DSML certificate servers, OCSP servers, or CRL servers.

4.Instruct users to install the S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry smartphones on BlackBerry devices.

5.Perform one of the following tasks:

Instruct users to add the Certificate Synchronization Manager to the BlackBerry Desktop Manager so that the BlackBerry Desktop Manager can manage certificates for the BlackBerry devices.

Configure the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to permit users to enroll certificates over the wireless network.

Related information

Configuring certificate server information for the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service, 193

Enforcing secure messaging using classifications, 65

Configuring BlackBerry devices to enroll certificates over the wireless network, 217

Configure encryption options for S/MIME-protected messages

You can configure encryption options to control how the BlackBerry Enterprise Server processes S/MIME-protected messages.

1.In the BlackBerry Administration Service, on the Servers and components menu, expand BlackBerry Solution topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view > Email.

2.Click the instance that you want to change.

3.Click Edit instance.

4.On the Messaging tab, in the Security settings section, perform any of the following actions:

To require that the BlackBerry Enterprise Server encrypts messages using S/MIME encryption for a second time when the BlackBerry Enterprise Server processes S/MIME-protected messages that an S/MIME-enabled application weakly encrypted or only signed, in the Turn on S/MIME encryption on signed and weakly encrypted messages drop-down list, click True.

To permit BlackBerry device users that have email applications that do not support S/MIME to read the text of an S/MIME-protected message, in the Send S/MIME messages in clear-signed format drop-down list, click True.

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