Did you know that DigiDoc4 Client allows you to conveniently and rapidly verify digital signatures given with the Finnish ID-card and sign documents using the Finnish ID-card?
Verifying Finnish digital signatures
The DigiDoc4 Client makes it possible to verify signatures given with the Finnish ID-card if they are in BDOC or ASiC-E format.
Your DigiDoc4 Client does not need to be configured additionally – the verification of the digital signatures takes place exactly as for all other documents.
NOTE: The signature given with the Finnish ID-card is an electronic signature, and not a digital signature considered equal to a handwritten signature, as under Estonian law.
Electronic signatures given with the Finnish ID-card have AdES/QC signature level and as a result it does not meet the requirements for the highest signature level as defined as eIDAS. Basically, a signature given with the Finnish ID-card is not equal to a handwritten signature, and DigiDoc4 Client will display the following warning about signature level: kehtiv (piirangutega) - valid (with limitations).
Read more the electronic signature levels.
Digital signing with Finnish ID-cards in the DigiDoc4 Client
In computers running Windows, DigiDoc4 Client can be used to also provide electronic signatures with Finnish ID-cards.
Step 1: install software
You will first need to download and install the country-specific software on your computer:
- download and install Finnish ID-software (middleware);
If you do not yet have the DigiDoc4 Client installed, download and install the ID-software.
Step 2: give signature with the Finnish ID-card
Signing follows the same procedure as for the ID-card: first, enter the ID-card into the reader and connect it to the computer, then launch the DigiDoc4 Client.
Open the option “Sign with ID-card“ in the DigiDoc4 Client menu and follow the instructions displayed by the DIgiDoc4 Client.
Be aware that signing of BDOC or ASiC-E format documents is supported.
Read about what to do if you want to give a digital signature.
