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Testing certificates with the browser and the mail application

February 6th, 2006

I have been testing how to use a digital certificate with the Nokia 770. First of all, go and get a free digital certificate. After creating a client certificate, download and import it using the Certificate Manager in the Control Panel:

Set the Trust options to everything, so you will be able to use the certificate both with the browser and the e-mail application.

I first tested the browser, and I could not identify with the certificate. I only obtained a Unable to complete secure transaction:

I tested the same certificate with Mozilla Firefox in GNU/Linux, and it worked without problems; so it seems the browser can not work properly with user certificates.

Then I tried the e-mail application. I created a new message, and set up the Digitally sign option:

When sending the message, a pop up appears and asks you for the certificate password:

Then I checked that the message can be correctly read when downloaded using the same e-mail application:

So the conclusions are clear. Certificates are not properly supported in the web browser (it is a known and reported bug), and correctly supported in the e-mail application.

6 Comments Add your own

1. Pyrofer | February 22nd, 2006 at 2:51 am

I managed to import a certificate for Eap-TLS wlan connection, but get “NONE” as the option in the certificate list when trying to connect.
It seems the wlan app doesnt work properly with certificates. I cant get our 802.1x network to work at all, even though i have all the right certificates.
2. herraiz | February 22nd, 2006 at 5:34 am

Have you reported that bug? If no, please report it. It is the only way to get it working as it should.
3. M.A. | March 20th, 2006 at 8:53 am

Have this been reported or not yet? Or has this been fixed by now?
I have the same difficulties, I keep getting NONE when prompted to select a certificate.
4. herraiz | March 20th, 2006 at 11:53 pm

If you are getting the error, and nobody has reported it yet, you should report it. Use the Bugzilla of maemo for reporting the bug.
5. Roy Gavilan | March 23rd, 2007 at 11:00 pm

I am having the same problems with the USA Verizon DSL online site and Verizon Yahoo email. I noticed on the Opera forums that there is an Opera download that fixes this problem but apparently you can’t update the 770 browser. I always get when I try to sign in to Verizon online “unable to complete secure transaction” and “SMTP operation failed” when I try to send an email. Does the Mozilla browser work with the 770?
6. herraiz | March 26th, 2007 at 6:12 am

There is a port in progress. It is called “Minimo”. You can test it, following these instructions. I have not tested by myself though, and at this moment I don’t thin it can be an alternative to the builtin Opera browser.