S/MIME Application policy group
The IT policy rules in the S/MIME Application policy group apply to BlackBerry® devices that are running the S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry® smartphones. For more information about using the S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry smartphones,
see the S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry Devices Security Technical Overview.
S/MIME Allowed Content Ciphers IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies the encryption algorithms that a BlackBerry®
device can use to encrypt S/MIME-protected messages.
Default value
The default value is to use all supported algorithms.
Usage
To maintain compatibility with most S/MIME clients, use Triple DES encryption and one of the RC2 algorithms. By default, a BlackBerry device is designed to encrypt email messages using Triple DES encryption if it does not know the decryption methods available to the recipient.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry
device
- S/MIME Support Package
for BlackBerry® smartphones 1.5
- BlackBerry® Application Suite 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 4.0
- BlackBerry®
Device Software 3.6
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
S/MIME Force Encrypted Messages IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a BlackBerry®
device encrypts all messages that it sends
using S/MIME encryption.
Default value
The default value is No.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
- S/MIME Support Package
for BlackBerry®
smartphones 1.5
- BlackBerry® Application Suite 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 4.0
- BlackBerry®
Device Software
3.6
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express 5.0 SP1
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