Glossary
- AES
- Advanced Encryption Standard
- AJAX
- Asynchronous JavaScript® and XML
- API
- application programming interface
- ASCII
- American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- BlackBerry Domain
- A BlackBerry Domain consists of the BlackBerry Configuration Database with its users and any BlackBerry® Enterprise Server instances that connect to it.
- BlackBerry MDS
- BlackBerry® Mobile Data System
- BlackBerry transport layer encryption
- BlackBerry transport layer encryption (formerly known as standard BlackBerry encryption) uses a symmetric key encryption algorithm to help protect data that is in transit between a BlackBerry device and the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server when the data is outside an organization's firewall.
- CBC
- cipher block chaining
- CDMA
- Code Division Multiple Access
- CMIME
- Compressed Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- content protection
- Content protection helps protect user data on a locked BlackBerry device by encrypting the user data using the content protection key and ECC private key.
- DES
- Data Encryption Standard
- device transport key
- The device transport key (formerly known as the master encryption key) is unique to a BlackBerry device. The BlackBerry device and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server use the device transport key to encrypt the message keys.
- DMZ
- A demilitarized zone (DMZ) is a neutral subnetwork outside of an organization's firewall. It exists between the trusted LAN of the organization and the untrusted external wireless network and public Internet.
- DNS
- A Domain Name System (DNS) is an Internet database that translates domain names that are meaningful and recognizable by people into the numeric IP addresses that the Internet uses.
- DOM
- Document Object Model
- ECC
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- EDGE
- Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution
- Enterprise Service Policy
- The Enterprise Service Policy controls which BlackBerry devices can connect to a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.
- GAN
- generic access network
- GANC
- generic access network controller
- gateway message envelope
- The gateway message envelope protocol is a Research In Motion proprietary protocol that allows the transfer of compressed and encrypted data between the wireless network and BlackBerry devices. The protocol defines a routing layer that specifies the types of message contents allowed and the addressing information for the data. Gateways and routing components use this information to identify the type and source of the BlackBerry device data, and the appropriate destination service to route the data to.
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- GSM
- Global System for Mobile Communications®
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- HTTPS
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer
- IEEE
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IMAP
- Internet Message Access Protocol
- ISP
- Internet service provider
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- IP address
- An Internet Protocol (IP) address is an identification number that each computer or mobile device uses when it sends or receives information over a network, such as the Internet. This identification number identifies the specific computer or mobile device on the network.
- IT administration command
- An IT administration command is a command that you can send over the wireless network to protect sensitive information on a BlackBerry device or delete all BlackBerry device data.
- IT policy
- An IT policy consists of various IT policy rules that control the security features and behavior of BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets, the BlackBerry® Desktop Software, and the BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager.
- IT policy rule
- An IT policy rule permits you to customize and control the actions that BlackBerry smartphones, BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablets, the BlackBerry® Desktop Software, and the BlackBerry® Web Desktop Manager can perform.
- Java ME
- Java® Platform, Micro Edition
- JDBC
- Java® Database Connectivity
- JSON
- JavaScript® Object Notation
- Kerberos protocol
- The Kerberos™ protocol is a Microsoft® Active Directory® authentication protocol that permits a trusted third-party application to authenticate clients by exchanging encrypted service tickets with Microsoft Active Directory.
- LAN
- A local area network (LAN) is a computer network shared by a group of computers in a small area, such as an office building. Any computer in this network can communicate with another computer that is part of the same network.
- LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LTPA
- Lightweight Third-Party Authentication
- message keys
- The message keys encrypt the data that is sent to and from a BlackBerry device.
- messaging server
- A messaging server sends and processes messages and provides collaboration services, such as updating and communicating calendar and address book information.
- MSDE
- Microsoft® SQL Server® Desktop Engine
- MTLS
- Mutual Transport Layer Security
- NAT
- network address translation
- NSF
- Network Specific Facility
- NTLM
- NT LAN Manager
- PIN
- personal identification number
- principal encryption key
- The principal encryption key encrypts the device transport key when a BlackBerry device is locked if content protection is turned on.
- RPC
- remote procedure call
- RTF
- Rich Text Format
- service books
- Service books determine which services are available on BlackBerry devices or BlackBerry enabled devices.
- SIP
- Session Initiation Protocol
- S/MIME
- Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- SMS
- Short Message Service
- SNMP
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- SQL
- Structured Query Language
- SRP
- Server Routing Protocol
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer
- TCP/IP
- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is a set of communication protocols that is used to transmit data over networks, such as the Internet.
- Triple DES
- Triple Data Encryption Standard
- UCS
- Universal Content Stream
- UID
- unique identifier
- UMA
- Unlicensed Mobile Access
- UNC
- Universal Naming Convention
- USB
- Universal Serial Bus
- VPN
- virtual private network
- WAP
- Wireless Application Protocol
- XML
- Extensible Markup Language
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