The WAP protocol is the leading standard for information services on wireless terminals like digital mobile phones, or similar handheld devices. WAP was originally introduced in June 1997, and was developed by the founding members of the WAP Forum -- Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, and Unwired Planet.

Developing WAP applications in ColdFusion means using ColdFusion's many powerful features in the creation of WML decks sent to a microbrowser. It's important to approach this chapter with a firm foundation in WML. Please be sure to read previous chapters about using WML, especially matters regarding user interface design, limited information presentation, etc.

This document describes how to configure the Nokia WAP server v1.0 to let mobile terminals (wireless clients) obtain and install the locally hosted Entrust WAP Root certificate. For security reasons the locally hosted root certificate is the preferred method of implementation.

The WAP protocol was designed to show internet contents on wireless clients, like mobile phones.