Blackberry 9380 User Manual page 339

User Guide
Turn off smart password entry
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must be using a smart card and a password to unlock your BlackBerry
smartphone.
You can turn off smart password entry to reduce the chance that someone might guess your smartphone password or
smart card password based on the smart password filter that your smartphone applies to password fields.
1. On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Security > Password.
3. If necessary, change the User Authenticator field to Smart Card.
4. Clear the Smart Password Entry checkbox.
5. Press the key > Save.
To turn on smart password entry again, check the Smart Password Entry checkbox.
Turn off notification for smart card connections
1. On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Security > Smart Card.
3. Clear the LED Session Indicator checkbox.
4. Press the key > Save.
To turn on notification for smart card connections, select the LED Session Indicator checkbox.
Prerequisites: Using authentication certificates
• Your BlackBerry smartphone must have the correct smart card driver and smart card reader driver installed.
• You must have imported a certificate from your smart card that you can use for signing and verification.
• You must turn on advanced authentication.
• You must have set a smartphone password.
• You must have the smart card password that you received with your smart card.
Use a certificate to authenticate your smart card
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must be using a smart card and a password to unlock your BlackBerry
smartphone.
If you use a certificate to authenticate your smart card, the certificate authenticates your smart card whenever you use
your smart card to unlock your smartphone.
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