want to minimize the risk of viruses or other malicious software and be sure of the authenticity of software when downloading and installing software.

Glossary: Authority certificates are used by some WAP services, such as banking services, for checking signatures or server certificates or other authority certificates.

Important: Note, however, 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.

Glossary: User certificates are issued to users by a Certifying Authority.

Viewing certificate details - checking authenticity

You can only be sure of the correct identity of a WAP gateway or a server when the signature and the period of validity of a WAP gateway or server certificate have been checked.

You will be notified on the phone’s display

if the identity of the WAP server or gateway is not authentic or

if you do not have the correct security certificate in your phone.

To check certificate details, scroll to a certificate and select OptionsCertificate details. When you open certificate details, Certificate management checks the validity of the certificate and one of the following notes may appear:

Certificate not trusted - You have not set any application to use the certificate. For more information, see the next section ‘Changing the trust settings of an authority certificate’.

Expired certificate - The period of validity has ended for the selected certificate.

Certificate not valid yet - The period of validity has not yet begun for

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