- What is Digital Certificate?
A Digital Signature
Certificate (DSC) is a secure digital key that certifies the identity of
the holder, issued by a Certifying Authority (CA). It typically
contains your identity (name, email, country, APNIC account name and
your public key). Digital Certificates use Public Key Infrastructure
meaning data that has been digitally signed or encrypted by a private
key can only be decrypted by its corresponding public key. A digital
certificate is an electronic "credit card" that establishes your
credentials when doing business or other transactions on the Web.
- Types of Digital Signature Certificates provided by eMudhra
Class 2 Certificates:
As
e-filing is made compulsory in ROC, every director / signing authority
needs to have their Digital Signature Certificate. Its now mandatory to
obtain Class-2 or Class-2 with PAN Encryption Digital Signature
Certificate for any person who is required to sign manual documents and
returns filed with ROC as per MCA21. Also an Individual is required to
obtain Class-2 DSC with PAN Encryption for e-filing his return with
Income Tax, India.
Class 3 Certificates:
2. Income Tax
3. Foreign Trade
4. e-tendering/e-procurement
5. Employee Provident Fund
Class 3
Digital Signature Certificate is the upgraded version of Class 2 Digital
Signature Certificate. By Using This Certificate You can
Participate/Bid in Any Kind of On-line Tenders/Auction across India. To
participate in the e-tendering process, every vendor is required to use a
Class 3 Digital Signatures Certificate.
- Applications of DSC
2. Income Tax
3. Foreign Trade
4. e-tendering/e-procurement
5. Employee Provident Fund
- What is an eToken?
USB e-Token can be
password protected so that Digital Signature is never lost when computer
is formatted or internet explorer changed. A virus cannot affect USB
Token, and the digital certificate stored would always be secure. As per
CCA's Office Order, with effective from 7th December, 2013, eMudhra
will be issuing Class 2 and 3 Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) only
on FIPS 140-2 level 2 certified crypto tokens. eMudhra recommends
TrustKey tokens. Trust Key token which is the most accepted, secure and
widely used token device in India for storing your Digital Signatures
- Difference between Encryption and Signing
Message encryption
provides confidentiality. Allows users to encrypt document with the
public key which can be decrypted only with the corresponding private
key. To put it in simple terms when encrypting, you use their public key
to write message and recipient uses their private key to read it. One
of the most secure way protecting confidential documents.
Message signing binds
the identity of the message source to this message. It ensures data
integrity, message authentication, and non-repudiation altogether. When
signing, you use your private key to write message's signature, and they
use your public key to check if it's really yours.
- Why eMudhra Digital Certificate?
eMudhra is a
Certifying Authority (CA) authorised by the Controller of Certifying
Authority (CCA) for issuance of Digital Signature Certificates in India.
eMudhra provides Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Digital Signature
Certificates (DSC) along with digital signatures for specific needs such
as Income Tax filing, MCA, e-tendering, e-procurement and Foreign
Trade.
