Security Indicator; Digital Signature - Nokia 6310i Quick Manual

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• SECURITY INDICATOR

If the security indicator
data transmission between the phone and the WAP gateway or WAP
server (identified by the IP address in the Edit active service settings) is
encrypted.
However, the security indicator does not indicate that the data
transmission between the gateway and the content server (the location
where the requested resource is stored) is secure. It is up to the service
provider to secure the data transmission between the gateway and the
content server.

Digital signature

With the digital signature functionality you can, for example, digitally
sign a bill or a financial contract. The signature can be traced back to you
via the private key and the associated certificate that was used to perform
the signature, so signing using the digital signature is the same as signing
your name to a paper bill, contract or other document.
A digital signature is initiated by a code embedded in a WAP page. Select
a link, for example, the title of the book you want to buy and its price. The
digital signature procedure starts and shows the text to sign. At this point
the header text is
Note: If the digital signature icon does not appear, this means that
there is a security breach, and you should not enter any personal
data such as your signing PIN.
To sign the displayed text, select Sign, after you have read all of the text.
Note: The text may not fit within a single screen. Therefore, make
sure to scroll through and read all of the text before signing.
Select the user certificate you want to use. Key in the signing PIN and
press OK. Since the PIN code will not be sent outside the phone, it will
remain secret. The phone displays a confirmation Code accepted. If you
entered a wrong PIN, an error note Code error is displayed, and the phone
is displayed during a WAP connection, the
Read and the digital signature icon
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is shown.