Provisioning Bootstrap Features
The Bootstrap process is used to provision an unconfigured Windows Mobile-based device to provide access to generic proxies and enable continuous provisioning. For more detailed information about Provisioning Bootstrap, see the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1, OMA-WAP-ProvBoot-v1_1-20021112-C. It is available from this OMA website.
The following table shows the functionality that provisioning bootstrap provides.
| Functionality | Description |
|---|---|
| ProvBoot-B-C-001 Bootstrap Document (WAP provisioning document) Can Be Sent Over the Air by an Unconfirmed Push | A Bootstrap document can be sent to Windows Mobile-based Smartphones and Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs (GSM Phone Edition) over the air with a WAP connectionless unsecure push as described in "OTA Mechanism" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1. The device can receive the provisioning document over the air by using Short Message Service (SMS). |
| ProvBoot-B-C-005 The Preconfigured Bootstrap Document (WAP provisioning document) Can Be Read from the Device | A Bootstrap document can be read from Windows Mobile-based devices only during the cold boot procedure. |
| ProvBoot-B-C-006 Security for the Bootstrap Document (WAP provisioning document) | Security for an OTA Bootstrap document is implemented as described in "The Generic Security Mechanism" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1. |
| ProvBoot-B-C-008 The PROVURL Parameter is Unique Within the Device | The configuration context, which is defined by the PROVURL parameter, is unique to Windows Mobile-based devices and is implemented as described in "Bootstrap of Configuration Context" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1 . |
| ProvBoot-BCT-C-001 Support for GSM | Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is supported as described in "Adaptation to GSM" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1 . |
| ProvBoot-BCT-C-004 The Over the Air Mechanism | The OTA mechanism is implemented as described in "The Generic Security Mechanism" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1 . |
| ProvBoot-BGSM-C-004 Bootstrap Document (WAP provisioning document) Can Be Received Over SMS Bearer | A Bootstrap document can be received over the Short Message Service (SMS) bearer as described in "SMS" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1 . |
| ProvBoot-BGSM-C-013 IMSI-based Network-specific Shared Secret | While using GSM in certain cases, the network-specific shared secret is implemented for security reasons, as described in "Adaptation to GSM" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1 . |
| ProvBoot-BSF-C-001 NETWPIN-Based Shared Secret | NETWPIN is implemented as the basis of the shared secret as described in "The Generic Security Mechanism" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1 . |
| ProvBoot-BSF-C-002 USERPIN-Based Shared Secret | USERPIN is implemented as the basis of the shared secret as described in "The Generic Security Mechanism" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1 . |
| ProvBoot-BSF-C-003 USERNETWPIN-based Shared Secret | USERNETWPIN is implemented as the basis of the shared secret as described in "The Generic Security Mechanism" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1 . |
| ProvBoot-BSF-C-004 USERPINMAC-based Shared Secret | USERNETWPIN is implemented as the basis of the shared secret as described in "The Generic Security Mechanism" in the OMA Provisioning Bootstrap Specification Version 1.1 . |
See Also
Microsoft Standards for Provisioning Windows Mobile-Based Devices | Bootstrapping Windows Mobile-Based Devices
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