How eID card signing works on the web

ID cards are Smart cards with a chip or NFC.  They can be connected to computers or or other devices using a reader with special apps and drivers. Governments are usually providing these drivers, aka “eID Middleware“, to work with …

Let’s fix your DigiDocService problem

If you found this page then chances are that you need to replace your DigiDocService integration immediately with more modern solutions. Unfortunately it is not most trivial task and might cost you decent amount of money and headache. Most companies …

Qualified digital signature not recognized. Missing Root CA certificate

After upgrading to new computer with Ubuntu 20.04 I managed to see such error “1 signature is unknown!”. SignatureXAdES_LTA.cpp:198 Signature validationSignatureXAdES_B.cpp:738 Unable to verify signing certificateX509CertStore.cpp:351 unable to get local issuer certificate:0OCSP.cpp:308 Certificate status: unknown Issue happens because openssl version …

Import new trusted Root CA certificate

Root CA certificates need to be added to your local trust list when working with PKI. We will examine how to add root CA certificate and optionally some intermediate certificates to the trust store. Quick solution First step of importing …

www.smartid.ee is now WWW.EIDEASY.COM

Year was 2016 when www.smartid.ee was released under trademark “Smart ID”. Since then many websites fell in love to the service that allows them to identify customers very easily and get service running in minutes. Letting people sign the documents …

Portugese Cartão de Cidadão electronic identification online

Portugal national ID card certification chain is quite interesting and complex. There are 2 root certificates. ECRaizEstado.crt is signed by Baltimore CyberTrust Root, that can be downloaded from https://www.digicert.com/CACerts/BaltimoreCyberTrustRoot.crt. Serial Number: 120050507 (0x727d34b)Issuer: C=IE, O=Baltimore, OU=CyberTrust, CN=Baltimore CyberTrust RootValidityNot Before: …

e-ID client certificate identification in Apache2

Why eID client certificate authentication? This the main scenario where national ID card users that have smart card chip can be identified in the website. Certificates stored on ID cards can be used to identify people online. In simplest terms …

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