MINIMAL-FOOTPRINT MIDDLEWARE FOR THE CREATION OF QUALIFIED SIGNATURES

Martin Centner, Clemens Orthacker, Wolfgang Bauer

2010

Abstract

Qualified electronic signatures are recognized as being equivalent to handwritten signatures and are supported by EU legislation. They require a secure signature creation device (SSCD) such as a smart card. Unfortunately, there are neither standard means for the integration of SSCDs withWeb applications, nor are the exiting means widely deployed. Web application providers are still faced with a lack of deployment of such means and a lack of integration with standard software. This paper will present a novel approach to address these issues by a middleware that does not require users to install dedicated software for the creation of qualified electronic signatures. The middleware is deployed as a web application and splits the signature creation process into two parts: One part is performed on the server side and the other part (requiring access to functions of the secure signature creation device) is deployed and executed as a lightweight component in the user’s browser on demand.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Centner M., Orthacker C. and Bauer W. (2010). MINIMAL-FOOTPRINT MIDDLEWARE FOR THE CREATION OF QUALIFIED SIGNATURES . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-674-025-2, pages 64-69. DOI: 10.5220/0002808300640069

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist10,
author={Martin Centner and Clemens Orthacker and Wolfgang Bauer},
title={MINIMAL-FOOTPRINT MIDDLEWARE FOR THE CREATION OF QUALIFIED SIGNATURES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2010},
pages={64-69},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002808300640069},
isbn={978-989-674-025-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technology - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - MINIMAL-FOOTPRINT MIDDLEWARE FOR THE CREATION OF QUALIFIED SIGNATURES
SN - 978-989-674-025-2
AU - Centner M.
AU - Orthacker C.
AU - Bauer W.
PY - 2010
SP - 64
EP - 69
DO - 10.5220/0002808300640069