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Digital Signatures and PKCS#11 Smart Cards: Concepts, Issues and Some Programming Details
White Papers Digital signatures are one of the many uses of cryptography. This paper deals with applying digital signatures on documents using cryptographic smart cards and readers. The paper shall also discuss using MS Crypto API for verifying these digital...
[February 13, 2009, 0:24]
Digital signatures pose security risk, says expert
News A leading technology expert has warned that digital signatures, an increasingly prevalent Internet security technology, could hail a future devoid of privacy. Speaking at the International Forum on Surveillance by Design in London, senior...
[September 26, 2000, 11:45]
Digital Signatures for Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System
White Papers A typical example of the use of digital signatures within the Lawson M3 Enterprise Management System involves a user making a change to a document. The originator of the document checks-in the document and routes it to the various signers.
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
Digital Signatures for Contract Management
White Papers Enter CoSign digital signatures, the ideal solution for organizations that want to complete the last step in automated contract-lifecycle management and realize the benefits of a fully electronic process.
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
Digital Signatures for Kernel Modules on Systems Running Windows Vista
White Papers Certain configurations of x86 systems will require kernel-mode software to have digital signatures in order to access next generation premium content depending on content protection policy. For Microsoft Windows Vista and later versions of the...
[November 22, 2006, 0:00]
Digital Signatures for Laserfiche
White Papers CoSign for Laserfiche adds digital signatures to the Laserfiche environment simply and intuitively, enabling electronic signing and sealing of documents within the Laserfiche repository and workflow. CoSign makes it easy to digitally sign...
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
Digital Ink Signatures - Concepts and Technologies
White Papers One of the oldest methods of authentication is pen-based signatures - from the feather quill pen of old to the digital stylus of today, people have been using written signatures to indicate their intentions or approval for thousands of years.
[November 15, 2006, 0:00]
Digital signatures get web standards nod
News One organisation that has an interest in digital signatures and that worked with Oasis to develop the standard is the Universal Postal Union, a United Nations agency. A standards group has completed work on digital signature technology designed to...
[June 8, 2007, 8:45]
Digital signatures 'could be forged'
News The excitement began Thursday with an announcement that French computer scientist Antoine Joux had uncovered a flaw in a popular algorithm called MD5, often used with digital signatures. It's certified by the National Institute of Standards and...
[August 18, 2004, 8:35]
Digital signatures to get legal status?
News UK e-commerce could get a much needed boost as the British government takes steps to give digital signatures the same legal standing as real ones. The Cabinet Office has asked industry body E-Centre UK, to suggest amendments to current laws stating...
[November 24, 2000, 9:05]
CoSign Digital Signatures for SaaS Applications: Increasing Value and Collaboration
White Papers Standards-based (PKI) digital signatures are the only form of electronic signatures that truly satisfy the signing and verification needs of a distributed collaborative network supported by a SaaS. In many SaaS applications there is a need to...
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
Enhancing PHP Applications With Digital Signatures Through SAPI Web Services: PHP Via Web Services
White Papers This Web-Services interface is based on OASIS Digital Signature Services (DSS) standard, which was announced in 2007 and is aimed at expanding application usage of digital signatures by setting definitions of how a digital signature application...
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
Tutorial: Understanding Electronic and Digital Signatures
White Papers Cryptographic digital signatures will be selected only if required by specific laws, regulations or standards (0.8 probability). Generally, e-signatures are divided into two categories - "Digital Signatures" and "Electronic Signatures" - which may...
[October 5, 2009, 0:00]
Java XML Digital Signatures
White Papers This paper provides an introduction to XML digital signatures and to the Java XML Digital Signatures APIs (JSR 105). Extensible Markup Language (XML) technology is now an integral part of web-based business applications.
[September 27, 2006, 1:00]
Spammers try fooling filters with digital signatures
News The trick was noted on several security lists, as the number of junk email messages sporting digital signatures has apparently increased. Digital signatures are used in email to attest to the validity and integrity of an email message; any changes...
[October 13, 2003, 9:40]
Electronically Sign Documents With Digital Signatures
White Papers Electronic and digital signatures are an easy-to-use, non-forgeable way to authenticate electronically signed documents and transactions, eliminating the need to print and manually sign documents. This enables organizations to complete the...
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
Digital signatures 'could be forged'
Talkback There is a mistake in attributon in the second paragraph. Antoine Joux announced a collision in SHA-0, and Xiayun Wang, Xuejia Lai, Dengguo Feng, and Hongbo Yu announced collisions in MD5 (as well as RIPEMD, HAVAL-128, and for kicks, a method for...
[August 18, 2004, 21:27]
Digital signatures 'could be forged'
Talkback This will also be a potential vulnerability in IPSec as any received packet could be compromised with regards to integrity and data source authentication. IPSec uses SHA-1 and MD-5 and is the most commonly used VPN standard
[August 18, 2004, 12:05]
Digital signatures 'could be forged'
Talkback When I click on 'Email this' at the foot of the page in this article, it returns me to the top of the page.
[August 18, 2004, 10:57]
Spammers try fooling filters with digital signatures
Talkback Spammers must surely know that they are the most hated of the internet's underlife. Yet the persist, so there must be some money in it? Or is the biggest scam the lie the spammers sell to the marketers?
[October 13, 2003, 10:00]
