S/MIME Allowed Content Ciphers IT policy rule

Description

This rule specifies the encryption algorithms that a BlackBerry device can use to encrypt S/MIME-protected email messages.

To maintain compatibility with most S/MIME clients, use Triple DES encryption and one of the RC2 algorithms. By default, the device is designed to encrypt email messages using Triple DES encryption if it does not know the decryption capabilities available to the recipient.

Possible values

• AES (256-bit)
• AES (192-bit)
• AES (128-bit)
• CAST (128-bit)
• RC2 (128-bit)
• Triple DES
• RC2 (64-bit)
• RC2 (40-bit)

Default value

• AES (256-bit), AES (192-bit), AES (128-bit), CAST (128-bit), RC2 (128-bit), and Triple DES

Exceptions

• BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Novell GroupWise

Minimum requirements

• BlackBerry Device Software 3.6
• S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry smartphones 1.5

Rule introduction

• BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.0 SP3