Tag: iPhone

My last post on the topic of S/MIME on iOS 5 got a lot of helpful comments from readers filled in the gaps left by Apple’s current lack of documentation on this topic. The previous article is still the best place for information on how to set up your device to use S/MIME. This post has more information on actually using S/MIME for encrypting email messages. Enabling S/MIME There’s a setting I missed in the previous post was pointed out by a commenter. After getting iOS 5 on the device and putting your certificates on there, you need to edit your email settings. Click Settings->Mail, Contacts, Calendars->Your email account->Account->Advanced. Scroll down to the S/MIME section and turn on S/MIME. (Note[…]

NOTE: I’ve updated this post in a few places below today, 6/13/2011, based on help from commenters. Also see the follow-up article Sending and Receiving S/MIME Encrypted Email on iOS 5 (Beta). During the 2011 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference keynote address, Scott Forstall indicated that iOS 5 would have support for S/MIME encrypted email. (Skip to 63:10 in the presentation.) This morning I successfully upgraded to the iOS 5 Beta and started being able to read my S/MIME encrypted email. Here is how I did it. What you need: –       Xcode 4.2 and iOS SDK 5 beta (requires iOS Developer Program account) –       iOS 5 beta for your iOS device’s platform (requires iOS Developer Program account) –       iTunes 10.5 beta[…]