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Certificates
Important: Note 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; 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 device 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.
There are three kinds of certificates: 
server certificates, authority 
certificates, and user certificates. 
You may receive these certificates 
from your service provider. Authority 
certificates and user certificates may 
also be saved in the security module 
by the service provider.
To view the list of the authority or 
user certificates downloaded into 
your phone, select Menu > Web > 
Settings > Security settings > 
Authority certificates or User 
certificates.
The security indicator   is 
displayed during a connection, if the 
data transmission between the 
phone and the content server is 
encrypted.
The security icon does not indicate 
that the data transmission between 
the gateway and the content server 
(or place where the requested 
resource is stored) is secure. The 
service provider secures the data 
transmission between the gateway 
and the content server.
Digital signature
You can make digital signatures with 
your phone if your SIM card has a 
security module. Using the digital 
signature can be the same as signing 
your name to a paper bill, contract, 
or other document. 
To make a digital signature, select a 
link on a page, for example, the title 
of the book you want to buy and its 
price. The text to sign, which may 
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