A BlackBerry® device uses an OCSP server to check the revocation status of a certificate on demand.
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.
SAN
subject alternative name
SHA
Secure Hash Algorithm
SIM
Subscriber Identity Module
S/MIME
Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
SMS
Short Message Service
SMSC
Short Message Service Center
SSL
Secure Sockets Layer
TCP
Transmission Control Protocol
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