Nokia N90 Manual page 234

Options in the certificate management main view
are Certificate details, Delete,
Mark/Unmark, Help, and Exit.
Digital certificates should be used if you want to connect
to an online bank or another site or remote server for
actions that involve transferring confidential information.
They should also be used if you want to reduce the risk of
viruses or other malicious software and be sure of the
authenticity of software when downloading and installing
software.
Important: 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. Certificates have a
restricted lifetime. If
Certificate not valid yet
certificate should be valid, check that the current
date and time in your device are correct.
110
Trust settings,
Expired certificate or
is shown even if the
View certificate details—check authenticity
You can only be sure of the correct identity of a server
when the signature and the period of validity of a server
certificate have been checked.
You are notified on the phone display if the identity of the
server is not authentic or if you do not have the correct
security certificate in your phone.
To check certificate details, scroll to a certificate, and
select Options > Certificate
certificate details, the validity of the certificate is checked,
and one of the following notes may be displayed:
• Certificate not trusted—You have not set any
application to use the certificate. See "Change the trust
settings", p. 110.
• 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.
Change the trust settings
Before changing any certificate settings, you must make
sure that you really trust the owner of the certificate and
that the certificate really belongs to the listed owner.
details. When you open