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1. What is the Digital Certificate / Digital ID?
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2. What is a CA?
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3. What is a Digital
Signature?. 1
4. What can a Digital Certificate
be used for?. 1
5. What are the benefits of using
Digital certificates?. 1
6. What is the validity of
the signature? What do i do after one year?. 2
7. Is the digital certificate
secure? 2
8. What happens if i lose my
Digital Certificate?. 2
9. Can my Digital
Certificate be used by someone else?. 2
10. Whom should i contact to get my Digital
Certificate?
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1.
What is the Digital Certificate / Digital
ID?
A digital
certificate is like the identity of an individual, when
he/she transacts/ interacts through the internet it
uniquely identifies any individual on the internet. It
consists of an electronic file called "key pairs"
containing the 'Private key' and 'Public key' of the
individual to whom the certificates belongs, which is
digitally signed by the CA(Certifying Authority) to
become a legally valid Digital Certificate / Digital
Id.
2. What is a
CA?
A CA (Certficate Authority) is a body that issues digital certificates.
In this case CA is SafeScrypt Limited, DGFT CA.
3.
What is a Digital Signature?
A Digital Signatures is the
electronic equivalent of a physical signature
and can be used to electronically sign any document
or transaction.
4. What can a Digital Certificate be used for?
A Digital Certificate
can be used to digitally sign any document in
electronic format or for transactions being performed
through a web-browser. In case of DGFT, you can apply
for your license online and digitally sign your
request.
5. What are the
benefits of using Digital certificates?
A Digital Certificate can be used to
electronically sign any document or transaction. It
ensures that the data is secured and is not viewed or
altered by any unauthorized person. It will also improve
on response time taken while applying for a license with
DGFT. Digital Certificates issued by a valid Indian CA
hold good in a court of law in accordance to the
Indian IT Act 2000.
6. What is the
validity of the signature? What do i do after one
year?
The
digital signatures on any document remain valid
throughout life, however the digital certificate being
used to create the digital signature is valid for a
period of one year. After each year, therefore to keep
using your digital certificate you need to pay just the
renewed fees for your certificates.
7. Is the
digital certificate secure?
Using a digital
certificate is one of the most secure ways of
transacting over the Internet. Another important feature
is that certificate enabled applications are accessed on
secure socket layer SSL (E.g. https://dgftcom.nic.in instead of http://dgftcom.nic.in). The SSL enables 128 bit encryption and
data traveling between the clients (end user’s) browser
to the web server of DGFT. Thus making it impossible for
anyone to steal information mid-way
8. What happens if i lose
my Digital Certificate?
In case
you loose your Digital Certificate you would need to
re-enroll for a certificate and apply afresh. Therefore
it is advised to keep your Digital Certificate safely
and take a backup of your certificate.
9. Can my Digital
Certificate be used by someone
else?
No
you are not allowed to share your certificate with
someone else. Giving any other person access to your
Certificate is like allowing any other person to make
use of your physical signature. Therefore it is illegal
to allow it. The full responsibility of keeping the
certificate safely lies with the certificate holders
under Indian IT Act
section.
10. Whom should i contact to get my
Digital
certificate?
Please contact a SafeScrypt
Representative at: Contact
Addresses
E-Mail
:
safeexim@safescrypt.com
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