Description
The wireless enterprise activation feature eliminates the need for users to synchronize their BlackBerry devices with their computers using the BlackBerry Desktop Software. Although RIM did not load test this feature, you should consider how many BlackBerry devices (running BlackBerry Device Software Version 4.0 and later) you want to activate wirelessly at one time. Activating BlackBerry devices wirelessly involves pushing content from a user's mailbox to a BlackBerry device that is not connected to a computer.
Background
The BlackBerry
® Solution uses
3DES or
Advanced_Encryption_Standard Symmetric encryption to send and receive packets with the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server. From its
first implementation when only wireless email was supported, "Activation" consisted of building an
Encryption key that installed on both the handheld, and also the users E-Mail storage container. By tethering the handheld to the
BlackBerry Desktop Manager, a unique
Encryption key was built by having the user move the mouse around the screen. This semi-random behavior was used to seed an
Encryption key that was simultaneously written to the handheld, and the server. In addition to establishing the Encryption key:
Possible Methods