Nokia N78 User Guide - Page 142

Security module, View certificate details-check authenticity, Change the trust settings

Get Nokia N78 - Smartphone 70 MB PDF manuals and user guides
UPC - 758478014714
View all Nokia N78 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 142 highlights

Settings 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 certificate details, scroll to a certificate, and 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 142 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. Scroll to an authority certificate, and 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. ● Internet: Yes - The certificate is able to certify servers. ● App. installation: Yes - The certificate is able to certify the origin of a new Java application. Select Options > Edit trust setting to change the value. Security module Press , and select Tools > Settings > General > Security > Security module. To view or edit a security module (if available), scroll to it, and press the scroll key.

  • 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
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 certificate details, scroll to a certificate, and
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.
Scroll to an authority certificate, and 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.
●
Internet
:
Yes
— The certificate is able to certify
servers.
●
App. installation
:
Yes
— The certificate is able to
certify the origin of a new Java application.
Select
Options
>
Edit trust setting
to change the
value.
Security module
Press
, and select
Tools
>
Settings
>
General
>
Security
>
Security module
.
To view or edit a security module (if available), scroll
to it, and press the scroll key.
142
Settings