Certificates; Digital Signature - Nokia Cellphone 3220 User Manual

Certificates

Important: Note 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. 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 device are correct.
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.
There are three kinds of certificates:
server certificates, authority
certificates, and user certificates.
You may receive these certificates
from your service provider. Authority
certificates and user certificates may
also be saved in the security module
by the service provider.
To view the list of the authority or
user certificates downloaded into
your phone, select
Settings >
Authority certificates
certificates.
The security indicator
displayed during a connection if the
data transmission between the
phone and the content server is
encrypted.
The security icon does not indicate
that the data transmission between
the gateway and the content server
(or place where the requested
resource is stored) is secure. The
service provider secures the data
transmission between the gateway
and the content server.

Digital signature

You can make digital signatures with
your phone if your SIM card has a
security module. Using the digital
signature can be the same as signing
your name to a paper bill, contract,
or other document.
To make a digital signature, select a
link on a page (for example, the title
of the book you want to buy and its
price). The text to sign is shown,
which may include the amount and
date.
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