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A digital signing is a technique used to guarantee the authenticity and integrity of a electronic document where a one-way hash of the content of the document is encrypted using the private key of the signer |
What is Certificate?
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- What is a Digital Certificate?
- Digital Certificates are issued by MauSign CA and allow the generation of digital signatures by individuals and organisations, authentication of the holder of the certificate and encryption of documents.A Digital Signature Certificate contains a private key which allows the holder to create digital signatures for electronic documents.”
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- What is a Certificate Authority (CA)?
- A Certificate Authority is responsible for verifying the identity of a Digital Certificate holder and binds the identity to a Digital Certificate
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- What is a Digital Signature?
- A digital signature is an equivalent of a human signature in the digital world. Like an individual is bound to a physical document by his / her signature, in the digital world, this can be established through the use of digital certificates or digital signature certificate (DSC).
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- How to Use Digital Signature?
- When a signer digitally signs a document, the signature is created using the signer’s private key and a hash generated from the contents of the document. The private key is always securely kept by the signer. The signature is marked with the time that the document was signed. If the content of the document changes after signing, the digital signature is invalidated.
