Activation passwords
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server activates a BlackBerry device over the wireless network using the wireless activation authentication protocol and an activation password that is specific to the user account associated with the BlackBerry device.
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length of the activation password |
Typical activation passwords are four to eight characters long. Activation passwords are limited to the following character lengths:
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character support |
Activation passwords can include any type of character |
security |
Wireless activation is designed so that short activation passwords do not compromise the security of the protocol. You must distribute the activation password to the authenticated user securely. If the user receives the activation password, but does not activate the BlackBerry device on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, a potentially malicious user who can access the activation password can connect another BlackBerry device to the BlackBerry Enterprise Server and assume the identity of the intended user. When a user activates a BlackBerry device on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server, the activation password becomes inactive and a potentially malicious user cannot reuse it to activate another BlackBerry device. If a user receives an activation password, you cannot generate a new activation password for the user until the activation password expires. An activation password expires after 48 hours by default. You can configure an activation to password expire earlier than the default value of 48 hours. |
expiry time |
An activation
password is no longer valid if any of the following events occur:
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