Glossary
- ADN
- An abbreviated dialling number (ADN) is a short telephone number such as 999 or 112 that is used to reach public services.
- APN
- access point name
- BCC
- blind carbon copy
- BlackBerry-enabled device
- A BlackBerry enabled device is a device with BlackBerry® Connect™ software, a device with BlackBerry® Built-In™ software or a device that is running the BlackBerry® Application Suite. BlackBerry enabled devices provide users with access to BlackBerry device applications and BlackBerry services.
- BlackBerry MDS
- BlackBerry® Mobile Data System
- CC
- carbon copy
- CDMA
- Code Division Multiple Access
- certificate
- A certificate is a digital document that binds the identity and public key of a certificate subject. Each certificate has a corresponding private key that is stored separately. A certificate authority signs the certificate to indicate that it is authentic and can be trusted.
- CMIME
- Compressed Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- CRL
- certificate revocation list
- CRL server
- A BlackBerry® device uses a CRL server to check the most recently published revocation status of a certificate. Certificate authorities publish certificate revocation lists on CRL servers.
- DNS
- Domain Name System
- DSA
- Digital Signature Algorithm
- DSML
- Directory Service Markup Language
- DSML-enabled server
- A BlackBerry® device uses a DSML-enabled server to search for and download certificates.
- EAP-FAST
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunnelling
- EAP-SIM
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Subscriber Identity Module
- EAP-TLS
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Transport Layer Security
- EAP-TTLS
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Tunnelled Transport Layer Security
- ECC
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- FDN
- Fixed Dialling Number
- FIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standards
- GAN
- generic access network
- GPS
- Global Positioning System
- GSM
- Global System for Mobile Communications®
- HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
- IMSI
- International Mobile Subscriber Identity
- IP
- Internet Protocol
- LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LDAP-enabled server
- A BlackBerry® device uses an LDAP-enabled server to search for and download certificates and PGP® keys.
- LED
- light-emitting diode
- mass storage mode
- Mass storage mode enables users to transfer files between a media card and their computer when they connect their BlackBerry device to their computer.
- MCC
- mobile country code
- MMS
- Multimedia Messaging Service
- MNC
- mobile network code
- MTP
- Media Transfer Protocol
- OCSP
- Online Certificate Status Protocol
- OCSP server
- A BlackBerry® device uses an OCSP server to check the revocation status of a certificate on demand.
- PEAP
- Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol
- personal certificate
- A personal certificate is a certificate that a certificate authority assigns to a user.
- personal PGP key
- A personal PGP® key is made up of a PGP public key and PGP private key for a user.
- PIN
- personal identification number
- private key
- A private key is a key that only the certificate subject can use. Private key information is not distributed publically. BlackBerry® devices use private keys to sign email messages or PIN messages that users send and to decrypt email messages that users receive.
- public key
- A public key is a key that people other than the certificate subject can use. BlackBerry® devices use public keys to encrypt email messages or PIN messages that users send to certificate subjects and to verify the signature on email messages or PIN messages that users receive from certificate subjects.
- root certificate
- A root certificate is a self-signed certificate and usually belongs to a certificate authority.
- RTSP
- Real Time Streaming Protocol
- R-UIM
- Removable User Identity Module
- SAN
- subject alternative name
- SDN
- A service dialling number (SDN) is a number that is preloaded on your SIM card by your wireless service provider that you can use to access information about your device service, such as the current call forwarding status.
- SHA
- Secure Hash Algorithm
- SIM
- Subscriber Identity Module
- S/MIME
- Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- SMS
- Short Message Service
- SMSC
- Short Message Service Centre
- SSID
- service set identifier
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TLS
- Transport Layer Security
- Triple DES
- Triple Data Encryption Standard
- TTY
- teletype
- VPN
- virtual private network
- WAN
- wide area network
- WAP
- Wireless Application Protocol
- WEP
- Wired Equivalent Privacy
- WML
- Wireless Markup Language
- WPA
- Wi-Fi Protected Access
- WTLS
- Wireless Transport Layer Security
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