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Defining PIN code settings, Changing the barring password, Certificate manager, Managing certificates

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Control panel Tip: If you use a memory card with no password, the memory card will be locked when you lock your device with the remote locking message. To remove the memory card password, select Desk > Office > File manager, press Menu, and select Memory card > Security > Remove password.... Enter the remote locking message as your password, and press Remove. If the remote locking message is longer than 8 characters, the first 8 characters of the message are used as the memory card password. Defining PIN code settings To define PIN code settings, select Security > Device security, and select the PIN codes page. Define the following: • PIN code request - If you set this option to On, the PIN code is requested each time the phone is switched on. Note that this setting cannot be changed if the phone is switched off or if there is no valid SIM card inserted. Note also that some SIM cards do not allow you to turn off the PIN code request. • PIN code - Press Change to change the PIN code. The PIN code must be 4 to 8 digits long. Changing the PIN code requires that PIN code request is selected, the device is on, and that there is a valid SIM card inserted. • PIN2 code - Press Change to change the PIN2 code. The PIN2 code must be 4 to 8 digits long. The PIN2 code is required to access some functions, such as the fixed dialing settings, which must be supported by your SIM card. Changing the barring password To change the password used for barring voice, fax, and data calls, select Security > Device security, and select the Call barring page. Select the Barring password field, and press Change. Enter the current code, and then the new code twice. The barring password must be four digits long. Certificate manager 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. Digital certificates may be used for: • connecting to an online banking service or another site or remote server to transfer confidential information • reducing the risk of viruses or other malicious software, and checking the authenticity of software when downloading and installing it Managing certificates Personal certificates are certificates that are issued to you. They are listed on the User page. Authority certificates are on the Other page. They are used by some services, such as banking, for checking the validity of other certificates. To add certificates, select Security > Certificate manager. Press Add to add a new certificate. You can then browse for the certificate file. Press Delete to remove a selected certificate. To check the authenticity of a certificate, select Security > Certificate manager. Select a certificate, and press View details. The Issued to: field identifies the owner of this certificate. Make sure that this is the name of the party to whom the certificate belongs. The Fingerprint: field uniquely identifies the certificate. Contact the help desk or customer service of the owner of the certificate and ask for the MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. Compare the fingerprint with the one shown in the dialog to check whether they match. Tip: Check the authenticity of a certificate each time you add a new certificate. To change the trust settings of a certificate, select Security > Certificate manager. Select the certificate, press View details, and press Trust settings. Depending on the certificate, a list of the applications that can use the selected certificate is shown. Select an application field, and change the value to Yes or No. Note that you cannot change the trust settings of a personal certificate. To change the private key store password, select Security > Certificate manager, select the Password page, and press Change password. Enter the current password, press OK, and enter the new password twice. You need the private key store password when using personal certificates. The private key store contains the secret keys that come with personal certificates. Extras Go to Desk > Tools > Control panel > Extras. Copyright © 2004-2005 Nokia. All Rights Reserved. 68

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Tip:
If you use a memory card with no password, the memory card will be locked when you lock your device with the
remote locking message. To remove the memory card password, select
Desk
>
Office
>
File manager
, press Menu,
and select
Memory card
>
Security
>
Remove password...
. Enter the remote locking message as your password, and
press
Remove
. If the remote locking message is longer than 8 characters, the first 8 characters of the message are used
as the memory card password.
Defining PIN code settings
To define PIN code settings, select
Security
>
Device security
, and select the
PIN codes
page.
Define the following:
•
PIN code request
— If you set this option to
On
, the PIN code is requested each time the phone is switched on. Note that this
setting cannot be changed if the phone is switched off or if there is no valid SIM card inserted. Note also that some SIM cards
do not allow you to turn off the PIN code request.
•
PIN code
— Press
Change
to change the PIN code. The PIN code must be 4 to 8 digits long. Changing the PIN code requires
that
PIN code request
is selected, the device is on, and that there is a valid SIM card inserted.
•
PIN2 code
— Press
Change
to change the PIN2 code. The PIN2 code must be 4 to 8 digits long. The PIN2 code is required to
access some functions, such as the fixed dialing settings, which must be supported by your SIM card.
Changing the barring password
To change the password used for barring voice, fax, and data calls, select
Security
>
Device security
, and select the
Call
barring
page. Select the
Barring password
field, and press
Change
. Enter the current code, and then the new code twice. The
barring password must be four digits long.
Certificate manager
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.
Digital certificates may be used for:
•
connecting to an online banking service or another site or remote server to transfer confidential information
•
reducing the risk of viruses or other malicious software, and checking the authenticity of software when downloading and
installing it
Managing certificates
Personal certificates are certificates that are issued to you. They are listed on the
User
page.
Authority certificates are on the
Other
page. They are used by some services, such as banking, for checking the validity of other
certificates.
To add certificates, select
Security
>
Certificate manager
. Press
Add
to add a new certificate. You can then browse for the
certificate file. Press
Delete
to remove a selected certificate.
To check the authenticity of a certificate, select
Security
>
Certificate manager
. Select a certificate, and press
View details
. The
Issued to:
field identifies the owner of this certificate. Make sure that this is the name of the party to whom the certificate
belongs. The
Fingerprint:
field uniquely identifies the certificate. Contact the help desk or customer service of the owner of the
certificate and ask for the MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. Compare the fingerprint with the one shown in the dialog to check
whether they match.
Tip:
Check the authenticity of a certificate each time you add a new certificate.
To change the trust settings of a certificate, select
Security
>
Certificate manager
. Select the certificate, press
View details
, and
press
Trust settings
. Depending on the certificate, a list of the applications that can use the selected certificate is shown. Select
an application field, and change the value to
Yes
or
No
. Note that you cannot change the trust settings of a personal certificate.
To change the private key store password, select
Security
>
Certificate manager
, select the
Password
page, and press
Change
password
. Enter the current password, press
OK
, and enter the new password twice. You need the private key store password
when using personal certificates. The private key store contains the secret keys that come with personal certificates.
Extras
Go to
Desk
>
Tools
>
Control panel
>
Extras
.
Control panel
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