Nokia 3100 User Guide - Page 106

Authority certificates, Viewing the list of authority certificates, Security indicator

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Using the menu Authority certificates For using some services, such as banking services, you need security certificates. Using the certificates can help you improve the security of connections between your phone and a gateway or server, if the Connection security is set to On. You can download authority certificate from a page, if the service supports the use of authority certificates. After the download, you can view the certificate and then save or delete it. Saved certificates are added to the certificate list in the phone. The phone indicates if the identity of the server or gateway cannot be verified, if the server or gateway certificate is not authentic or if you do not have the correct authority certificate in your phone. Viewing the list of authority certificates Press Menu, select Services, Settings, Security settings and Authority certificates. See also Security info in Using the phone keys while browsing on page 101. Security indicator If the security indicator is displayed during a connection, the data transmission between the phone and the gateway or 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. Copyright © 2004 Nokia. All rights reserved. 106

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Copyright
©
2004 Nokia. All rights reserved.
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Using the menu
Authority certificates
For using some services, such as banking services, you need security certificates. Using the certificates
can help you improve the security of connections between your phone and a gateway or server, if the
Connection security
is set to
On
.
You can download authority certificate from a page, if the service supports the use of authority
certificates. After the download, you can view the certificate and then save or delete it. Saved
certificates are added to the certificate list in the phone.
The phone indicates if the identity of the server or gateway cannot be verified, if the server or gateway
certificate is not authentic or if you do not have the correct authority certificate in your phone.
Viewing the list of authority certificates
Press
Menu
, select
Services
,
Settings
,
Security settings
and
Authority certificates
.
See also
Security info
in Using the phone keys while browsing on page 101.
Security indicator
If the security indicator
is displayed during a connection, the data transmission between the phone
and the gateway or 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.