Blackberry S-MIME SUPPORT PACKAGE VERSION 4.1 -, User Manual

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Smart cards
About smart cards
Set a user authenticator password
Unlock the device using a smart card
Download smart card certificates
About smart cards
Certificates and private keys are stored on smart cards.
Certificates can be imported to your BlackBerry®
device key store, but private keys can only be stored
on smart cards. As a result, private key operations such
as signing and decryption are enabled on the smart
card, and public key operations such as verification
and encryption are enabled on the device using public
certificates.
You can download certificates from the smart card to
the your device using a smart card reader, set your
user authenticator passwords, and send S/MIME
messages with your smart card certificates.
Set a user authenticator password
1. Verify that your smart card is inserted in the smart
card reader.
2. In the device options, click Security Options.
3. Click General Settings.
4. Set the User Authenticator Password field to
Enabled.
5. Click Save.
6. Type a user authenticator password for the smart
card.
7. Click OK.
Unlock the device using a smart card
After you connect the smart card reader to your
BlackBerry® device, the device sends an
authentication request to the card each time that you
unlock your device.
To unlock the device, on the Lock screen, roll the
trackwheel. Click
Unlock. In the Enter Device
Password field, type your device password. In the
Enter Authenticator Password field, type your user
authenticator password.
Download smart card certificates
1. In the device options, click Security Options.
2. Click S/MIME.
3. Click the trackwheel.
4. Click
Import Smart Card Certs.
5. Select a certificate.
6. Click
OK.
7. Type your key store password.
8. Click
OK.
Note:
To download a certificate, you must have a PKI system
license for the certificate.