Specifications

Cybernetica AS developed the Digital Signature Specification according to the proposal of the Ministry of Finance. The basis for the specification was the statement, "The Deploying of Digital Signatures in State Organizations. A strategic plan." The specification was given for further processing to the Technical Committee of Infotechnology Standardization (TK4).

Below you can download the specifications in the PDF format. To view the files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer (You can download the free Reader from Adobe.)

• "General Principles of Digital Signature Verification" (version 1.0)
• "Protocols and Data Formats for Timestamping Service" (version 1.0)
• "Representing Digital Signatures Using the XML-DSIG (XML Signature) Format" (version 1.0)
• "Representing Digital Signatures Using the CMS (Cryptographic Message Syntax) Format" (version 1.0)

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