Restricting the push application content
that users can receive
By default, a BlackBerry MDS Connection Service sends push requests from server-side push applications to applications
on BlackBerry devices. BlackBerry devices can receive application data and application updates without users requesting
the content.
You can configure your organization's environment so that only specific server-side push applications can send push
requests to BlackBerry devices. You can turn on push authentication to prevent a BlackBerry MDS Connection Service
from sending push requests, and create push initiators that permit specific server-side applications to send push requests
to BlackBerry devices. To permit specific users to receive push requests on BlackBerry devices, you can create push rules
and assign the rules to the users.
For more information about push requests, see the
BlackBerry Java Development Environment Development Guide
.
Restrict push applications from sending data to
BlackBerry devices
You can turn on push authentication to permit only authenticated push applications to send push requests to applications
on BlackBerry devices.
1.
In the BlackBerry Administration Service, in the
Servers and components
menu, expand
BlackBerry Solution
topology > BlackBerry Domain > Component view > MDS Connection Service
.
2.
Click the instance that you want to change.
3.
Click
Edit instance
.
4.
In the
Access control
section, in the
Push authentication
options, click
Yes
.
5.
Click
Save all
.
After you finish:
To authenticate and permit specific server-side push applications to send push requests to BlackBerry
devices, create push initiators.
Create push initiators for push applications
Push initiators specify which server-side push applications are authenticated and permitted to send push requests to
applications on BlackBerry devices. For push initiators to work, you must turn on push authentication for the BlackBerry
MDS Connection Service. You can configure several server-side push applications to use the same push initiator (that is, to
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