©2000 Nokia Mobile Phones. All rights reserved.Menu functions118Security certificatesFor using some services, you need a security certificate. A security certificate is used to enable securecommunications with a WAP gateway or a server. The certificates are used to check signatures of WAPgateway or server certificates and can be downloaded during browsing.You can only be sure of the correct identity of a WAP gateway or a server when the signature and theperiod of validity of a WAP gateway or a server certificate have been checked.You will be notified onthe phone’s display if the identity of the WAP server or gateway cannot be verified, the WAP server orgateway is not authentic or if you do not have the right security certificate in your phone. After youhave downloaded the required security certificate from the Internet, you can view the certificate andthen save or delete it. If you save it, the certificate is added to the list of security certificates in theServices menu.To view the list of security certificates:1. Press Menu, scroll to the Services menu and press Select.2. Scroll to Settings and press Select.3. Scroll to Security certificate and Select.Note: When the security icon is displayed, the data transmission between the phone and the WAPgateway or a server (identified by the IP address in the Connection settings) is encrypted and secure.However, the security icon does not indicate that the data transmission between the gateway and thecontent server (place where the requested resource is stored) is secure. It is up to the service providerto secure the data transmission between the gateway and the content server.
