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Synchronization Service, and BlackBerry MVS share a communication password. The BlackBerry Messaging Agent and
BlackBerry Dispatcher share a different communication password. The communication passwords are designed to prevent
a potentially malicious user from viewing data that the BlackBerry Enterprise Server components and the BlackBerry MVS
send to each other.
When a BlackBerry Enterprise Server component or the BlackBerry MVS opens a connection to the BlackBerry Dispatcher,
the
BlackBerry inter-process protocol is designed to use SPEKE to generate the session key. The key generation process
uses the communication password of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server component or BlackBerry MVS and generates an
AES-256 encryption key, which is the session key. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server components and BlackBerry MVS use
the session key to encrypt the data that the
BlackBerry Enterprise Server components and BlackBerry MVS sends to other
BlackBerry Enterprise Server components that share the same communication password.
How the BlackBerry Desktop Manager
protects communication using the
BlackBerry inter-process protocol
The application loader tool of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager or the Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry smartphones
can prompt BlackBerry Desktop Manager version 4.2 or later for the BlackBerry device password.
To protect the BlackBerry device password, when the application loader tool or Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry
smartphones connects to the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, the BlackBerry Desktop Manager uses the BlackBerry inter-
process protocol.
The application loader tool and Roxio Media Manager for BlackBerry smartphones share a communication password with
the
BlackBerry Desktop Manager. The BlackBerry inter-process protocol is designed to use the communication password
to protect any communication between the BlackBerry Desktop Manager and the application loader tool or Roxio Media
Manager for BlackBerry smartphones.
Data flow: Authenticating the application loader tool or
Roxio Media Manager with the BlackBerry Desktop
Software using the BlackBerry inter-process protocol
1. The application loader tool of the BlackBerry Desktop Software or Roxio Media Manager opens a connection to
BlackBerry Desktop Software version 4.2 or later.
2. The BlackBerry Desktop Software implementation of the BlackBerry inter-process protocol performs the following
actions:
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