Glossary
- ADN
- An abbreviated dialing number (ADN) is a short telephone number, such as 911 or 112, that is used to reach public services.
- APN
- access point name
- BCC
- blind carbon copy
- 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 smartphone 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 smartphone uses a DSML-enabled server to search for and download certificates.
- EAP-FAST
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling
- EAP-SIM
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Subscriber Identity Module
- EAP-TLS
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Transport Layer Security
- EAP-TTLS
- Extensible Authentication Protocol Tunneled Transport Layer Security
- ECC
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
- FDN
- Fixed Dialing 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
- 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.
- LDAP
- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- LDAP-enabled server
- A BlackBerry smartphone 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 smartphone to their computer.
- MCC
- mobile country code
- MMS
- Multimedia Messaging Service
- MNC
- mobile network code
- MTP
- Media Transfer Protocol
- NFC
- Near Field Communication
- OCSP
- Online Certificate Status Protocol
- 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 smartphones 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 smartphones 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 dialing 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 BlackBerry smartphone 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 Center
- SSID
- service set identifier
- SSL
- Secure Sockets Layer
- TCP
- Transmission Control Protocol
- TLS
- Transport Layer Security
- Triple DES
- Triple Data Encryption Standard
- TTY
- teletype
- UMA
- Unlicensed Mobile Access
- 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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