Sony Ericsson W950 Browser, Browser security, TLS Securityor

White Paper W950

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Browser

W950 features the integrated Opera 8.0 browser.	Some key features:
The Opera browser has been designed to display			y
practically all Web pages on the Internet. The
	• Tap and hold on a bookmark to display the page
browser supports the de facto HTML standard	in a new window.	l
“street HTML” (used by most Web developers),	On
	• Tap and hold a link to view a context-sensitive
JavaScript™, Frames, and the ability to add plug-in	menu of alternative actions: an http: link would
applications. This means that the users can access	give the options Open, Open in new window,
their favourite Web pages.	Open in background and Send as.
	• Secure downloads manager that is especially
Users can quickly and easily switch between por-	useful for downloading commercial media
trait and landscape presentation as well as change	objects that need to be paid for.
from a normal view with scroll bars to a full screen	s
	• Pages can be saved for offline viewing.
view. The user can use pen motions to slide the	• All privateedata can be cleared with one com-
page on the screen.	U
	mand.
	• Built-in pop-up blocking.
Users can select fit to screen to reformat pages to
fit inside the screen width and eliminate the need
for horizontal scrolling. (Small Screen Rendering is
supported)
Browser security
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W950 supports TLS/SSL toternalprovide a secure	The Internet protocols that handle the connection,
encrypted link between the browser and the web	its transport and its security are structured in proto-
site. This method isIcommonly used for secure	col layers. The security is handled by the TLS layer
transactions on the Web. An icon in the display	operating above the transport protocol layer. There
indicates when a secure connection is in use.	are three TLS classes that define the levels of secu-
TLS Securityor	rity for a TLS connection:
	• Anonymous TLS involves encryption with no
When using certain Internet services the user may
	authentication.
F
require a secure connection between the phone	• Server authentication involves encryption with
and the Web site, such as, when using banking	server authentication.
services. An icon in the display indicates when a	• Client authentication involves encryption with
secure connection is used. W950 is based on the	both server and client authentication
WAP 2.0 specifications where security functionality
is specified with a technology called WAP TLS Pro-

file (Wireless Application Protocol Transport Layer Security).

28 June 2006