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Smart cards

About using a smart card with your device

Smart cards store certificates and private keys. You can use a smart card reader to import certificates from a smart card to the key store

on your BlackBerry® device, but you cannot import private keys. As a result, private key operations such as signing and decryption use

the smart card, and public key operations such as verification and encryption use the public certificates on your device.

If you use a smart card certificate to authenticate to your device, after you connect your smart card reader to your device, your device

requests authentication from the smart card each time that you unlock your device.

If the S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry® devices is installed on your device, you can use smart card certificates to send S/MIME-

protected messages.

Import a certificate from a smart card

1. In the device options, click Security Options.

2. Click Certificates.

3. Click the trackwheel.

4. Click Import Smart Card Certs.

5. Type your smart card password.

6. Select the check box beside a certificate.

7. Click OK.

8. Type your key store password.

9. Click OK.