So, my company is now doing a little bit of mobile development. They had read that MDS on the BES server should be able to handle authenication. How it works, (or at least how I understand it) is that it uses the MDS as a proxy of sorts to use the internal BES to browse webpages instead of going straight out on the internet? The benefit? For most people, none. For those that want to access intranet sites on their BB, the world. Here is how you do it. First have MDS installed. This was already done for me. Next, configure it to allow authentication.
1. In BlackBerry Manager, select <BlackBerry_Enterprise_Server_name>_MDS-CS_1.
2. Click Edit Properties.
3. In the Properties window, click HTTP.
4. Set Support HTTP Authentication to True, then click OK.
5. Restart the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service.
The end! It worked like a charm!
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