Thales ID-card
This article is about the new ID-card manufacturer Thales pre-live test cards.
ID-card
All electronic services used with the ID-card are also accessible to the users of the digital ID, residence permit card, diplomatic card, and e-Resident’s digital ID, and any instructions applicable to the ID-card also apply to them.
Overview
ID-card documentation
Documentation of different generations of ID-cards: applicable standards and technical documents to review before developing ID-card services.
Reading personal data files from ID-cards
Information necessary for reading personal data from ID-cards issued since 2018
The new ID-card version will come with some changes for developers
As of 1 August 2021, the Police and Border Guard Board will be issuing new ID-cards which are equipped with biometric personal data according to the ICAO Doc 9303-1 specification (https://www.icao.int/publications/Documents/9303_p1_cons_en.pdf). The new ID-card version…
Chip application generations supported by different versions of ID-software
The visual security elements and design as well as the chip application of ID-cards have been changed over the years. Only the latest ID-software supports the latest ID-cards.
Identification
Personal identification with an ID-card
There are two ways to realize personal identification with an ID-card in your e-service: use the certificate authentication built into the browser (TLS client certificate authentication or TLS-CCA) or the new online authentication and signing…
Using ID-cards for logging in to Windows (Windows 10, 11 Windows Server 2016 / 2019 / 2022)
Instructions for configuring Windows domain for authentication of users with ID-cards, digital IDs and other digital eID documents
Digital signing
Signing with an ID-card
Several signing plugins have been developed for different operating systems and browsers: components and sample applications.
Certificates required for verifying digital signatures
In order to verify files that are digitally signed with an ID-card or a mobile-ID and/or digitally stamped, all of the root certificates, certifiers and OCSP-responder certificates used to date must be configured in the information system.
BDOC, CDOC and ASICE DigiDoc file formats
An overview of DigiDoc container formats supported by different versions and components of the ID-software can be found on the DigiDoc container format life cycle page. There is also a sample file for each format.
Testing
ID-card testing
This article is about testing the ID-cards currently in use which are made by IDEMIA. If you would like more information about the Thales pre-live test cards, you can find it here. To test ID-card…
DigiDoc4 digital signing and signature validation with a test ID-card, mobile-ID and Smart-ID
In order to verify signatures given with test certificates in the DigiDoc4 client, you need to configure the test certificates manually. Otherwise the signature validation check will return the status “Unknown”.
Encryption
Development of encryption solutions
In the world of ID-card, encryption means that one or more files requiring encryption are merged into one file with .cdoc extension, which can only be opened by the specified recipients with an ID-cards authentication certificate.