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Sign digitally on Windows Phone
The brand new Windows Phone app for viewing and signing documents digitally is finally ready. The app is developed with the support of Microsoft and EMT and is available for free from the Windows Store…
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Signatures in the DigiDoc portal will be created in BDOC format by default from 13 June onwards
Sertifitseerimiskeskus will renew the DigiDoc portal (digidoc.sk.ee) on 13 June. As a result, digital signatures will be created in the new BDOC format by default, instead of the previous DDOC format. In order to…
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Developer newsletter # 5
Newsletter is being distributed by email and is also made available as a news article on the id.ee website. Information systems developments for BDOC support implementation should be planned at latest by the second half…
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ID-card digital signing module changes in Chrome web browser
Starting from Chrome version M35, Linux users have to start using a new digital signing module when signing with ID-card in that web browser. Same applies to those who use aforementioned combination in information systems.…
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The new microchip-application for ID-cards needs software updates
According to Karina Egipt, Chief Expert for the Identity and Status Bureau of the Police and Border Guard Board, taking up the new microchip, software restrictions have been eliminated by means of developing the microchip.…
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New version released for TempelPlus – digital stamping software
TempelPlus software is now also available with BDOC support. New version (ver 1.3.0) is available for download from here. Also you can find detailed list of changes and new functionality added from this link.
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Significant Updates in eID Software Version 3.9
There are several major changes in version 3.9 of eID software released on July 1, 2014: several significant digital signing problems of the users of two operating systems have been solved, and version usage blocker…
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Transition to BDOC File Format for Digital Signature
Letter of Jaan Priisalu, Director General of Estonian Information System Authority regarding transition to BDOC file format for digital signature. Dear Partners! Estonia has started the gradual process of transition to BDOC file…
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Estonia takes the plunge: A national identity scheme goes global
THE founders of the internet were academics who took users’ identities on trust. When only research co-operation was at stake, this was reasonable. But the lack of secure identification is now hampering the development of…
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Starting from October 2014 the ID-software development has been transferred to the GitHub environment found at https://github.com/open-eid
GitHub environment is widely used software repository for version revision and source code management. The use of GitHub makes ID-software development more transparent and easily monitorable. One of the reasons for migrating to GitHub is…