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minutes. The BlackBerry devices prompt users only if the connection to the content server persists for more than 60
minutes.
1.
In the BlackBerry Administration Service, on the Servers and components menu, expand BlackBerry Solution
topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view .
2. Click MDS Connection Service .
3. Click Edit component .
4. On the HTTP tab, in the Protocol service information section, in the Authentication support enabled drop-down list,
perform one of the following actions:
• If you want BlackBerry devices to authenticate to content servers directly, click
No .
• If you want the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to store authentication information and perform HTTP
authentication on behalf of BlackBerry devices, click Yes .
5. If necessary, in the Authentication timeout field, type the length of time, in milliseconds, that you want
authentication information for BlackBerry devices to remain valid on the content server.
By default, the authentication timeout limit is 1 hour.
6. Click Save all .
After you finish: If you set Authentication support enabled to Yes , configure the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to
authenticate to content servers that use NTLM, Kerberos, LTPA, or RSA Authentication Manager on behalf of BlackBerry
devices.
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Configure the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to
authenticate BlackBerry devices to content servers
that use NTLM
Before you begin: Configure the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service to authenticate to content servers on behalf of
BlackBerry devices.
1.
Navigate to <drive> :\Program Files\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Enterprise Server\MDS\Servers\Instance\config .
2. Configure the MdsLogin.conf file.
For more information about the Java Authentication and Authorization Service configuration file, visit http://java.sun.com/
javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/security/jgss/tutorials/LoginConfigFile.html .
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