Specifications

Glossary
A2DP Advanced Audio Distribution Profile
ACL An access control list (ACL) is a list of permissions that are associated with an object, such as a
file, directory, or other network resource. It specifies which users or components have
permission to perform specific operations on an object.
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AES-CCMP Advanced Encryption Standard Counter Mode CBCMAC Protocol
AES-XCBC Advanced Encryption Standard extended cipher block chaining
AES-XCBC-MAC Advanced Encryption Standard extended cipher block chaining message authentication code
API application programming interface
ARC4 Alleged Rivest's Cipher 4
AVRCP Audio/Video Remote Control Profile
BlackBerry Device
Service solution
The BlackBerry Device Service solution consists of the BlackBerry Device Service and any
components that connect to it such as messaging servers, databases, devices, a firewall, or the
BlackBerry Infrastructure.
CA certification authority
CAST Carlisle Adams Stafford Tavares
CBC cipher block chaining
CCKM Cisco Centralized Key Management
CFB cipher feedback
CKIP Cisco Key Integrity Protocol
CSR certificate signing request
CTR Counter
DER Distinguished Encoding Rules
DES Data Encryption Standard
DH Diffie-Hellman
DoS denial of service
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