Towards a Modular Architecture for Adaptable Signature-verification Tools

Thomas Lenz, Klaus Stranacher, Thomas Zefferer

2013

Abstract

The verification of electronic signatures represents a key component of security-sensitive applications. Signature-verification tools need to meet several requirements regarding security, reliability, usability, and accessibility. A conducted survey revealed that existing signature-verification tools often meet only a subset of these requirements. In most cases, available tools support a limited set of document and signature formats only, or do not feature appropriate interfaces that allow both end users and third-party applications to access the tool’s functionality in a convenient way. This complicates the development of electronic signature based third-party applications and reduces the usability for end users. To solve this problem, we propose a new architecture for Web based signature-verification tools. The proposed architecture follows a plug-in based approach that eases the integration of new signature formats and interfaces. The practical applicability of the proposed architecture is demonstrated by means of a concrete implementation covering different use cases. This implementation demonstrates that the proposed architecture facilitates the realization of signature-verification tools that are able to meet all requirements of end users and third-party applications. This way, the proposed architecture and the implemented solution contribute to the security, usability, and efficiency of present and future electronic signature based applications.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lenz T., Stranacher K. and Zefferer T. (2013). Towards a Modular Architecture for Adaptable Signature-verification Tools . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-8565-54-9, pages 325-334. DOI: 10.5220/0004356303250334

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist13,
author={Thomas Lenz and Klaus Stranacher and Thomas Zefferer},
title={Towards a Modular Architecture for Adaptable Signature-verification Tools},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2013},
pages={325-334},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004356303250334},
isbn={978-989-8565-54-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - Towards a Modular Architecture for Adaptable Signature-verification Tools
SN - 978-989-8565-54-9
AU - Lenz T.
AU - Stranacher K.
AU - Zefferer T.
PY - 2013
SP - 325
EP - 334
DO - 10.5220/0004356303250334