Mobile qualified electronic signatures and certification on demand

  • Despite a legal framework being in place for several years, the market share of qualified electronic signatures is disappointingly low. Mobile Signatures provide a new and promising opportunity for the deployment of an infrastructure for qualified electronic signatures. We analyzed two possible signing approaches (server based and client based signatures) and conclude that SIM-based signatures are the most secure and convenient solution. However, using the SIM-card as a secure signature creation device (SSCD) raises new challenges, because it would contain the user’s private key as well as the subscriber identification. Combining both functions in one card raises the question who will have the control over the keys and certificates. We propose a protocol called Certification on Demand (COD) that separates certification services from subscriber identification information and allows consumers to choose their appropriate certification services and service providers based on their needs. We also present some of the constraints that still have to be addressed before qualified mobile signatures are possible.

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Author:Heiko RoßnagelORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-33510
Parent Title (German):auch in: Proceedings of the 1st European PKI Workshop - Research and Applications, Springer LNCS 3093; Samos Island, Greece
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:German
Date of Publication (online):2006/11/23
Year of first Publication:2004
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2006/11/23
Page Number:14
Source:In: Proceedings of the 1st European PKI Workshop - Research and Applications, Springer LNCS 3093; Samos Island, Greece
HeBIS-PPN:288672461
Institutes:Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht