A mobile terminal control system using a digital signature. The system
including a server for preparing a command message for a relevant mobile
terminal according to mobile terminal status information set by a user,
adding a digital signature to the prepared command message, and
transmitting the resultant message. The system further includes a mobile
terminal for authenticating the command message transmitted from the
server and performing operations of power-off, log-on and log-off of the
mobile terminal according to the authenticated command message. The
server prepares a command message according to mobile terminal status
information set by a user and transmits the prepared command message to a
mobile terminal and the mobile terminal authenticates the transmitted
command message. The mobile terminal can be controlled only through the
authenticated message.