Authority certificates
In order to use some WAP services such as banking services, you need an authority
certificate. Using the certificate can help you to improve the security of
connections between your phone and a WAP gateway or WAP server, if the
Connection security
option is set to
On
.
You can download the certificate from a WAP page if the WAP service supports
the use of security certificates. After the download, you can view the certificate
and then save or delete it. If you save the certificate, it is added to the list of
certificates in the phone.
You can only be sure that a WAP gateway or WAP server is the one it claims to be
after its identity has been checked against the corresponding certificate in the
phone.
You will see a note on the phone display if the identity of the WAP server or WAP
gateway cannot be verified, the WAP server or WAP gateway certificate is not
authentic or if you do not have the right certificate in your phone.
To view the list of security certificates:
Select
Services
>
Settings
>
Authority certificates
.
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Security icon
If the security icon
is displayed during a WAP connection, the data
transmission between the phone and the WAP gateway or WAP server, identified
by the
IP address
setting in
Conn. settings
, is encrypted and secure.
However, the security icon does not indicate that the data transmission between
the gateway and the content server (place where the requested resource is stored)
is secure. It is up to the service provider to secure the data transmission between
the gateway and the content server.
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