METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF ELECTRONIC CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY A CERTIFICATION INSTRUMENT IN A MOBILE DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING IDENTIFICATION MODULE

摘要

Method for verifying in a mobile device ( 13 ) the authenticity of electronic partner certificates issued by a certification authority. Said mobile device ( 13 ) has an identification module ( 16 ) (SIM or WIM). Said issued certificates are verified with the certificate of the certification authority. A reference to said electronic certificate of the certification authority is stored in a second module ( 14 ) that is connected with said mobile device ( 13 ). Advantages: the second module can be distributed independently from the first module and from the mobile device.