You can purchase from Thawte ( http://www.thawte.com), or VeriSign ( http://www.verisign.com), or another vendor of your choice, an RSA certificate that you install on your server to enable secure transactions. According to Thawte, it can take between 5 and 12 days to receive your licensed certificate.

You also can request a trial certificate from Thawte to use while you are waiting for your licensed certificate to arrive. Follow these instructions to obtain a trial certificate so that you can begin sending secure messages to your wireless mobile devices without having to wait for your licensed certificate.

To obtain a trial certificate

1. Use a text editor to open <M-Business_Home>/openssl/bin/reqcert.csr.

2. Copy the contents of the file, including the Begin Certificate and End Certificate lines.

3. In your browser, go to your certificate vendor’s Web site.

4. Follow the directions on the Web site to obtain a certificate.