Nokia 7710 - Certificate manager

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Certificate manager

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With the Certificate manager application you can manage
digital certificates which you use when connecting to web
sites, mail servers, and when installing software. Digital
certificates may be used for:

• connecting to an online bank or another site or remote

server for actions that involve transferring confidential
information

• reducing the risk of viruses or other malicious software

and checking the authenticity of software when
downloading and installing it

Important: Note that even if the use of certificates

makes the risks involved in remote connections and

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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 smartphone 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.

Fig. 31: Certificate manager

To view certificate details, double-tap a certificate.

To delete a certificate, tap

Delete

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To define the usage of the certificate, double-tap a

certificate and tap

Trust settings

. Define the following:

SIS installation

— Select this check box, if you want this

certificate to be able to certify the origin of a new SIS
software.

Application installation

- Select this check box, if you want

this certificate to be able to certify the origin of a new
java software.

Web and e-mail

— Select this check box, if you want this

certificate to be able to certify web sites and mail-
servers.