Nokia 002L102 User Manual - Page 147

View certificate details - check authenticity, Change the trust settings, Certificate not valid yet

Page 147 highlights

● Authority certificates - View and edit authority certificates. ● Trusted site certificates - View and edit trusted site certificates. ● Personal certificates - View and edit personal certificates. ● Phone certificates - View and edit device certificates. Digital certificates do not guarantee safety; they are used to verify the origin of 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 "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. View certificate details - check authenticity You can only be sure of the correct identity of a server when the signature and the validity period of a server certificate have been checked. You are notified if the identity of the server is not authentic or if you do not have the correct security certificate in your device. To check the details of a certificate, select Options > 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. ● Expired certificate - The certificate validity period has ended. ● Certificate not valid yet - The certificate validity period has not yet begun. ● 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. To change the settings for an authority certificate, select Options > Trust settings. Depending on the certificate, a list of the applications that can use the selected certificate is shown. For example: ● Symbian installation: Yes - The certificate is able to certify the origin of a new Symbian operating system application. 147 Settings

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156
  • 157
  • 158
  • 159
  • 160
  • 161
  • 162
  • 163
  • 164
  • 165
  • 166
  • 167
  • 168
  • 169
  • 170
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173

Authority certificates
— View and edit
authority certificates.
Trusted site certificates
— View and edit
trusted site certificates.
Personal certificates
— View and edit personal
certificates.
Phone certificates
— View and edit device
certificates.
Digital certificates do not guarantee safety; they are
used to verify the origin of 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 "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.
View certificate details — check authenticity
You can only be sure of the correct identity of a
server when the signature and the validity period
of a server certificate have been checked.
You are notified if the identity of the server is not
authentic or if you do not have the correct security
certificate in your device.
To check the details of a certificate, select
Options
>
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.
Expired certificate
— The certificate validity
period has ended.
Certificate not valid yet
— The certificate
validity period has not yet begun.
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.
To change the settings for an authority certificate,
select
Options
>
Trust settings
. Depending on the
certificate, a list of the applications that can use the
selected certificate is shown. For example:
Symbian installation
:
Yes
— The certificate is
able to certify the origin of a new Symbian
operating system application.
147
Settings