BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
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IT policy rule
Recommended use
Maximum PC Disconnected Timeout
Specify the maximum time, in seconds, after the computer and the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader close the Bluetooth connection
between them that the secure pairing information for that dropped
connection is deleted from the computer and the BlackBerry Smart
Card Reader.
Maximum PC Long Term Timeout
Specify the maximum time, in hours, after the computer and the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader establish the secure pairing
information between them that the computer and the BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader delete their secure pairing information.
Maximum PC Bluetooth Traffic
Inactivity Timeout
Specify the maximum time, in minutes, of inactivity over the
Bluetooth connection between the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
and the computer allowed before the computer and the BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader delete their secure pairing information.
Maximum Number of PC Transactions
Specify the maximum number of transactions (smart card–related
operations) that the computer and the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader can send and receive between them before the computer
and the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader delete their secure pairing
information.
Note:
A transaction is any request and response set of data packets
other than a connection heartbeat.
Maximum Number of PC Pairings
Specify the maximum number of computers that can pair with the
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.
Note
: The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader also recognizes the Disable Radio When Cradled IT policy rule, which
controls whether the wireless transceiver is turned off when the BlackBerry device is connected to USB
peripherals. If you set this IT policy rule to True, the Bluetooth wireless adaptor of the BlackBerry Smart Card
Reader is turned off whenever the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader is connected to a computer using USB.
See the
Policy Reference Guide
for more information.
Establishing an encrypted and authenticated connection to the BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader
Before the smart card and the BlackBerry device can establish an encrypted and authenticated connection
between them, the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader and the BlackBerry device or computer must perform a
Bluetooth pairing process to establish a Bluetooth connection between the BlackBerry device or computer and
the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader. The BlackBerry device or computer and the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader
can then perform a secure pairing process to establish a connection between the smart card and the BlackBerry
device or computer. The secure pairing is designed to allow the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader and the
BlackBerry device or computer to encrypt and authenticate the data that they send between them over the
application layer.
During the secure pairing process
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the initial key establishment protocol creates a shared master encryption key on the BlackBerry device or
computer and the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader that the BlackBerry device or computer and the BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader use to encrypt and decrypt the data that they send between them
•
the connection key establishment protocol creates a shared connection key on the BlackBerry device or
computer and the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader that the BlackBerry device or computer and the BlackBerry
Smart Card Reader use to send data between them
The user must perform a Bluetooth pairing process once only but must perform a secure pairing each time that
the BlackBerry device or computer deletes the secure pairing information. You can control when the BlackBerry
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