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Certificate manager
With Certificate manager you can manage digital certificates which you use when
connecting to WWW sites, WAP services, mail servers, and when installing
software. You need these certificates when you:
• want to connect to an online bank or some other site or remote server for
actions that involve transferring confidential information,
• want to minimise the risk of viruses or other malicous software and be sure of
the authenticity of software when downloading and installing it.
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; Certificate manager must
contain correct, authentic, and trusted certificates for increased security to be
available.
To open the main view of Certificate manager, press the Extras application button,
select Control panel, and select Certificate manager.
The main view lists the currently available certificates and their validity
information.
Note: Certificates have a restricted lifetime. If a certificate is marked Expired
even if it should be Valid, check that the date and time in your
communicator are correct.
To define the usage of the certificate
1 Select the certificate and press View details. A dialog with certificate details
opens.
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