
BlackBerry Enterprise Solution Security
Extending BlackBerry device messaging security 20
If a user with this feature configured on the BlackBerry device forwards or replies to an encrypted message that
the BlackBerry device has received, decrypted, and decompressed, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM
Lotus Domino decrypts the message before the BlackBerry device sends the message to the recipient as plain
text.
Lotus Notes API 7.0 requires the user’s Notes .id file and password to decrypt the received secure message. The
user must manually click Import Notes ID and attach a copy of the Notes .id file that they used to login.
IBM Lotus Notes and S/MIME message decryption process
If a user configures support for reading IBM Lotus Notes and S/MIME encrypted messages on their BlackBerry
device, when the user receives an IBM Lotus Notes and S/MIME encrypted message, the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server for IBM Lotus Domino decrypts the message using the following process:
1. A user receives an IBM Lotus Notes and S/MIME encrypted message.
2. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino messaging agent uses the user’s cached Notes .id
password to decrypt the message.
If the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino messaging agent does not have the Notes .id
password, the user must select More, More All, or Open Attachment to pull the decrypted message to the
BlackBerry device.
3. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server pushes the decrypted message to the BlackBerry device, where the user
can read the message.
Notes .id password protection
After a user imports the Notes .id file and password (stored in the Notes .id file), the password is
• encrypted in BlackBerry device memory using AES
• encrypted in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino messaging agent memory using AES
• decrypted before being used to call the required Lotus Notes API security functions
The BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino messaging agent deletes the Notes .id files and plain
text passwords it stores when
• a message decryption failure occurs on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
• the BlackBerry Enterprise Server restarts
• the password times out (the default expiration timeout is 24 hours)
The encrypted Notes .id password remains stored in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server for IBM Lotus Domino
messaging agent memory cache.
The BlackBerry device deletes the Notes .id files and plain text passwords from BlackBerry device memory when
• a message decryption failure occurs on the BlackBerry device
• the BlackBerry device resets
• the password times out (the default expiration timeout period is 24 hours)
If a user types more than ten consecutive incorrect passwords within one hour, the BlackBerry Enterprise Server
for IBM Lotus Domino messaging agent makes secure messaging unavailable to that user for one hour.
The temporary disabling period increases by ten minute increments to a limit of 24 hours. It increments each
time a user exceeds the maximum number of failed password attempts and then defaults back to one hour.
When secure messaging is temporarily unavailable, a user can manually re-enable secure messaging by
importing the Notes .id file, or changing their Notes .id password using the BlackBerry Desktop Software or the
Domino Web Access client.
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