Certif. management
Options in the certificate
management main view:
Certificate details
,
Delete
,
Trust settings
,
Mark/Unmark
,
Help
, and
Exit
.
In the Certificate management main view, you can see a list of authority certificates that
have been stored in your phone. Press
to see a list of user certificates, if available.
Glossary: Digital certificates are used to verify the origin of browser pages and
installed software. However, they can only be trusted if the origin of the certificate
is known to be authentic.
Digital certificates are needed if you:
• want to connect to an online bank or another site or remote server for actions that
involve transferring confidential information, or
Glossary:
Authority certificates are
used by some services,
such as banking services,
for checking signatures or
server certificates or other
authority certificates.
• want to minimise the risk of viruses or other malicious software and be sure of the
authenticity of software when downloading and installing software.
Important: Note, however, that even if the use of certificates makes the risks
involved in remote connections and software installation considerably smaller,
they must be used correctly in order to benefit from increased security. The
existence of a certificate does not offer any protection by itself; the certificate
manager must contain correct, authentic, or trusted certificates for increased
security to be available.
Glossary: User
certificates are issued to
users by a Certifying
Authority.
Viewing certificate details - checking authenticity
You can only be sure of the correct identity of a browser gateway or a server when the
signature and the period of validity of a browser gateway or server certificate have been
checked.
You will be notified on the phone’s display:
• if the identity of the browser server or gateway is not authentic or
• if you do not have the correct security certificate in your phone.
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To check certificate details, scroll to a certificate and select
Options
→
Certificate details
.
When you open certificate details, Certificate management checks the validity of the
certificate and one of the following notes may appear:
•
Certificate not trusted
- You have not set any application to use the certificate. For
more information, see the next section
‘Changing the trust settings of an authority
certificate’
.
•
Expired certificate
- The period of validity has ended for the selected certificate.
•
Certificate not valid yet
- The period of validity has not yet begun for the selected
certificate.
•
Certificate corrupted
- The certificate cannot be used. Contact the certificate issuer.
Important: Certificates have a restricted lifetime. If
Expired certificate
or
Certificate
not valid yet
is shown even if the certificate should be valid, check that the current
date and time in your phone are correct.
Changing the trust settings of an authority certificate
• Scroll to an authority certificate and select
Options
→
Trust settings
. Depending on the
certificate, a list of the applications that can use the selected certificate is shown. For
example:
Services
/
Yes
- the certificate is able to certify sites.
Application manager
/
Yes
- the certificate is able to certify the origin of new software.
Internet
/
Yes
- the certificate is able to certify e-mail and imaging servers.
Important: Before changing these settings, you must make sure that you really
trust the owner of the certificate and that the certificate really belongs to the
listed owner.
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