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Appendix B: TLS and WTLS standards that the RIM Crypto API supports
The TLS and WTLS protocol cipher suite components that the RIM Crypto API supports apply only to WTLS and
handheld (direct) mode TLS/SSL on the BlackBerry device.
The RIM Crypto API implementation of the TLS and WTLS protocols supports the use of RSA and DSA public key
algorithms and the DH key exchange algorithm, with the following limitations:
Cipher suite type
Typical component limitation (in bits)
export
•
RSA and DH: 1024 bits or less
•
EC: 163 bits or less
non export
•
non elliptic curve operations: 4096 bits
•
elliptic curve operations: 571 bits
Note
: These limitations are due to computational constraints on the BlackBerry
device.
Key establishment algorithm cipher suites that the RIM Crypto API supports
Direct mode SSL
Direct mode TLS
WTLS
RSA_EXPORT RSA_EXPORT RSA_anon
DH_anon_EXPORT DH_anon_EXPORT RSA_anon_512
DHE_DSS_EXPORT DHE_DSS_EXPORT RSA_anon_768
RSA RSA RSA
DHE_DSS DHE_DSS RSA_512
RSA_768
DH_anon
DH_anon_512
DH_anon DH_anon
DH_anon_768
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