Security module, Se ttings – Nokia MOBILE PHONE N86 User Manual

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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

Select

Menu

>

Tools

>

Settings

and

General

>

Security

>

Security module

.

To view or edit a security module (if available), scroll to it,

and press the scroll key.

To view detailed information about a security module,

scroll to it, and select

Options

>

Security details

.

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