Data certification method and apparatus

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H04L 29/06 (2006.01) G06F 1/00 (2006.01) G06F 21/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2457493

An apparatus and method for signing electronic data with a digital signature in which a central server comprises a signature server (110) and a authentication server (120). The signature server (110) securely stores the private cryptographic keys of a number of users (102). The user (102) contacts the central server using a workstation (101) through a secure tunnel which is set up for the purpose. The user (102) supplies a password or other token (190), based on information previously supplied to the user by the authentication server (120) through a separate authentication channel. The authentication server provides the signature server with a derived version of the same information through a permanent secure tunnel between the servers, which is compared with the one supplied by the user (102). If they match, data received from the user (102) is signed with the user's private key.

L'invention concerne un appareil et un procédé de signature de données électroniques au moyen d'une signature numérique. Un serveur central comprend un serveur (110) de signature et un serveur (120) d'authentification. Le serveur (110) de signature stocke les clés cryptographiques privées d'un certain nombre d'utilisateurs (102). L'utilisateur (102) contacte le serveur central par l'intermédiaire d'une station de travail (101) à travers un tunnel sûr établi à cette fin. L'utilisateur (102) fournit un mot de passe ou autre jeton (190) en fonction de l'information auparavant fournie à l'utilisateur par le serveur (120) d'authentification par une voie d'authentification séparée. Le serveur d'authentification fournit au serveur de signature une version dérivée de la même information par un tunnel sûr et permanent entre les serveurs, qui est comparée à celle fournie par l'utilisateur (102). Si elles correspondent, les données reçues de l'utilisateur (102) sont signées avec la clé privée de l'utilisateur.

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