I had to resort to this after upgrading to the leaked beta of BlackBerry OS 4.5 on my Curve the email-import method did not work. It's a perfectly legitimate method of importing a SecurID token on your handheld, and now I actually prefer it because it is significantly less problematic than emailing the seed file to yourself. For more information see the RSA BlackBerry Soft Token page.
What you need
- RSA SecurID Token for BlackBerry Utilities (bb300_utils.zip)
- SecurID Soft Token for BlackBerry - the app itself, if not installed (bb300.zip)
- Your soft token seed file (.SDTID file)
- BES 4.1.3 or newer
- BB OS 4.2.2 or newer
- Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or newer
If your BES' MDS Connection Service port (default is 8080) is open you do not need to run this on the BES. Mine is not, so I pushed my soft token out from my BES.
Preparing your BlackBerry
Install the SecurID 3.0 software. Launch it, accept the EULA and open the Settings. Make sure that Listen for Token is set to Yes. When the security prompt appears choose Yes to allow the application to run as a server.
Pushing out the Soft Token with PushToken
- Download and unzip bb300_utils.zip
- Make sure your .SDTID is on the same disk
- Open a command prompt (Start > Run > cmd)
- From the command prompt:
java -classpath <path_to_bb300utils>\PushToken.jar PushToken -e<email address or pin> -h<BES address> <path to .sdtid file>
In my case I ran:
java -classpath bb300_utils\PushToken.jar PushToken -ecorey@mydomain.com -hlocalhost x-rimdevice-xxxxxxxx.sdtid - If the .sdtid file was valid and you gave the SecurID application permission to run as a server on your BB you should see a prompt on your handheld about receiving a token.
- You may be prompted for a password, if so enter the password you were given with the token.
- If you entered the correct password you will receive notification of the token being imported. You can rename the token by choosing Manage Tokens from the menu.
- That's it. When you open the application you'll be prompted for your passphrase and PIN, and then be shown the generated token. One nice change between versions 2.x and 3.x of the SecurID application is that the numbers are much larger and split into two groups. Think 14 point font instead of 10.
PushToken Command Line Options
java -classpath PushToken.jar PushToken [options] file
Options:
-e E-mail or device ID of BlackBerry
-h Address of BES host (default: localhost)
-p
Port on which BES is listening (default: 8080)
Examples:
java -classpath PushToken.jar PushToken -h123.45.67.89 -p8765 -ejsmith@company.com token.sdtid
Tags: Blackberry, SecurID, Security, Things you can't do with an iPhone, Tips