Sony Ericsson G900 Whitepaper - Page 25

Certificates

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Certificates To use secure connections, the user needs to have certificates saved in the phone. Certificates can be downloaded and installed when required. There are two types of certificates: Certificate authority User certificate A trusted certificate used to verify that a Web site is genuine. If the phone has a stored trusted certificate of a certain type, it means the user can trust all Web sites which present a certificate that can be verified by the trusted certificate. Certificates are preinstalled in the phone and can be downloaded from the trusted supplier's Web page. A personal certificate that verifies the user's identity. A bank that the user has a contract with may issue this kind of certificate. Preinstalled in G900 are X.509 certificates from Baltimore, Entrust, Geotrust, GlobalSign, GTE Cybertrust, RSA, Sony Ericsson, Thawte and VeriSign. White paper G900 25 September 2008

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White paper
G900
25
September 2008
Certificates
To use secure connections, the user needs to have
certificates saved in the phone. Certificates can be
downloaded and installed when required. There are
two types of certificates:
Preinstalled in G900 are X.509 certificates from
Baltimore, Entrust, Geotrust, GlobalSign, GTE
Cybertrust, RSA, Sony Ericsson, Thawte and
VeriSign.
Certificate
authority
A trusted certificate used to
verify that a Web site is genuine.
If the phone has a stored
trusted certificate of a certain
type, it means the user can trust
all Web sites which present a
certificate that can be verified
by the trusted certificate.
Certificates are preinstalled in
the phone and can be
downloaded from the trusted
supplier's Web page.
User
certificate
A personal certificate that
verifies the user's identity. A
bank that the user has a
contract with may issue this
kind of certificate.