Device Only Items
Allow Peer-to-Peer Messages IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a BlackBerry® device user can send PIN messages. This rule does not prevent the user from receiving PIN messages or from sending messages using BlackBerry®
Messenger.
Default value
The default value is Yes.
Usage
If you set this rule to Yes, the user can send PIN messages.
If you set this rule to No, the user cannot send PIN messages.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
version 3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ versions 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express 5.0 SP2
Allow SMS IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a BlackBerry® device user can send SMS text messages.
Default value
The default value is Yes.
Usage
Change this rule to No to prevent a user from sending SMS text messages. Changing this rule to No does not prevent a user from receiving SMS text messages.
This rule does not prevent the user from sending and receiving MMS messages. To prevent the user from sending and receiving MMS messages, use the Disable MMS IT policy rule.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0
- BlackBerry®
Device Software 3.6
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
Enable Long-Term Timeout IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a BlackBerry® device locks after a predefined period of time, regardless of user activity.
Default values
The default value is
Yes. The BlackBerry device locks automatically after 60 minutes.
Dependencies
Use the Periodic Challenge Time IT policy rule to shorten or extend the timeout interval.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
- BlackBerry® Connect™ versions 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0
- BlackBerry®
Device Software version 3.6
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express 5.0 SP2
Maximum Password Age IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies the number of days before a BlackBerry® device password expires and a user must set a new password. The permitted range is 0 through 65,535 days.
Default values
The default value in the Default IT policy is a null value.
Usage
If you configure this rule to 0, the BlackBerry device password does not expire.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
version 3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ version 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
Maximum Security Timeout IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies the maximum time (in minutes) that a BlackBerry® device user can specify as the security timeout value. The security timeout value is the number of minutes of inactivity before the BlackBerry
device locks. The permitted range is 10 through 480 minutes.
Default values
The default value in the Default IT policy is a null value.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
A BlackBerry device user can specify any timeout value that is lower than the maximum value, unless you configure the User Can Change Timeout rule to No.
To configure a timeout value, in the Password policy group, configure the Set Password Timeout rule.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
version 3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ version 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express 5.0 SP1
Minimum Password Length IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies the minimum number of characters that are required for a BlackBerry® device password.
The permitted range is 4 through 14 characters. The maximum password length, which this rule does not control, is 32 characters.
Default value
The default value is a null value.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
version 3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ versions 1.2, 2.0, 2.1 or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
Password Pattern Checks IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether to verify that a BlackBerry® device password matches specific character pattern requirements.
Default values
The default value in the Default and Basic password security IT policies is No restriction.
Usage
Change this rule to At least 1 alpha and 1 numeric character to require that a BlackBerry
device user enter at least 1 alphabetic character and 1 numeric character.
Change this rule to At least 1 alpha, 1 numeric, and 1 special character to require that a BlackBerry
device user enter
at least 1 alphabetic, 1 numeric and 1 special character.
Change this rule to At least 1 upper-case alpha, one lower-case alpha, 1 numeric, and 1 special character to require that a BlackBerry
device user enter at least 1 upper-case alphabetic, one lower-case alphabetic, 1 numeric, and 1 special character.
By default, a BlackBerry device prevents setting passwords that use a natural sequence of characters or numbers. If a symbol is inserted into a natural sequence, a BlackBerry device can use the password.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry
device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
version 3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ version 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
Password Required IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a user must configure a password on a BlackBerry® device.
Default values
The default value in the Default IT policy is
No.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
version 3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ versions 1.2, 2.0, 2.1 or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
User Can Change Timeout IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a BlackBerry® device user can override the security timeout value.
Default value
The default value is Yes.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
- BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ versions 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0
- BlackBerry®
Device Software version 3.6
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
User Can Disable Password IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a user can turn off the requirement for a BlackBerry® device
security password.
Default values
The default value in the Default IT policy is Yes.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
This rule is obsolete for Java® based BlackBerry devices
that are running BlackBerry®
Device Software
version 4.0 or later and C++ based BlackBerry devices that are running BlackBerry Device Software
version 2.7.
Minimum requirements
- Java
based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
version 3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite version 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ version 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express 5.0 SP1
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