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You must turn on advanced authentication.
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You must have set a device password.
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You must have the smart card password that you received with your smart card.
Use a certificate to authenticate your smart card
To perform this task, you must be using a smart card and a password to unlock your BlackBerry® device.
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 device.
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. Change the Authentication Certificate field.
5. Press the
key > Save.
To stop using a certificate to authenticate your smart card, set the Authentication Certificate field to None.
Check the status of your authentication certificate automatically
To perform this task, you must be using a smart card and a password to unlock your BlackBerry® device.
1.
On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Password.
3. If necessary, change the User Authenticator field to Smart Card.
4. Change the Certificate Status Check field.
5. Press the
key > Save.
If your device checks the status of your authentication certificate and finds that it is revoked or expired, your device locks.
Store the passphrase for your smart card on your device
1.
On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Security > Smart Card.
3. Select the PIN Caching check box.
4. Press the
key > Save.
Your BlackBerry® device stores the passphrase for the same length of time as it stores your key store password.
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.
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