Specifications

• Hotspot Browser
• NFC
• User-Created VPN Profiles
• Wi-Fi
For more information about these IT policy rules, see the BlackBerry Device Service Policy and Profile Reference Guide.
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Controlling Bluetooth
Bluetooth wireless technology lets users open wireless connections with other Bluetooth enabled devices. A user must
request a pairing with the other device and use a passkey to complete the pairing. Users are prompted every time a new
device tries to connect to their device.
By default, work space only devices can use Bluetooth. You can prevent a device from using Bluetooth by setting the
"Bluetooth" IT policy rule to Disallow. If you allow Bluetooth on a device, the user can still turn off Bluetooth using device
settings.
If a device has Bluetooth turned on, it can use Bluetooth Discoverable Mode. A device that is discoverable can be found by
other Bluetooth enabled devices within range of the device. You can prevent a device from using Bluetooth Discoverable
Mode by setting the "Bluetooth Discoverable Mode" IT policy rule to Disallow. If you allow Discoverable Mode on a device,
the user can still turn it off using device settings.
If a device has Bluetooth and Discoverable Mode turned on, you can prevent a device from opening new connections with
other devices by setting the "Bluetooth Pairing" IT policy to Disallow. After a work space only device has connected to other
devices, you can use this rule to prevent it from connecting to additional devices.
You can also control some of the criteria that a device must use when it pairs with another device such as passkey length,
encryption key length, and pairing method.
By default, a device can connect to another device if the passkey that the other device requests or provides is less than 8
digits. To prevent a device from accepting short passkeys, you can set the "Enforce Minimum Bluetooth Passkey Length"
IT policy rule to Yes.
By default, a device must use a minimum encryption key length of 1 byte to encrypt Bluetooth connections. You can use
the "Minimum Bluetooth Encryption Key Length" IT policy rule to change the minimum encryption key length.
When devices use Bluetooth Secure Simple Pairing to connect to another device that is running Bluetooth version 2.1 or
later, you can require that devices use the numeric comparison mode to connect by setting the "Enforce Bluetooth Secure
Simple Pairing Numeric Comparison" IT policy rule to Yes. By default, devices aren't required to use numeric comparison
mode.
Devices use Bluetooth profiles to communicate with other Bluetooth enabled devices and carry out tasks such as
streaming audio files to another device or allowing another device to access certain types of data. If the "Bluetooth" IT
policy rule is set to Allow and Bluetooth is turned on, you can use the following IT policy rules to make all or some Bluetooth
profiles unavailable:
• Bluetooth A2DP
• Bluetooth AVRCP
• Bluetooth Contacts Transfer Using PBAP
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