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PAdES is an acronym for PDF Advanced Electronic Signature. It is a technical standard relating to the extension packages and rules that apply when electronically signing PDF documents. The main advantage of some PAdES is that documents can remain val...

An electronic signature attached to an email message is a form of secure online communication. It allows you to verify who the real sender of the message is and whether the content of the message has been changed during transmission. If you already h...

There are several ways to sign a PDF digitally electronically. It depends on how often and how many documents you want to digitally sign. If the volume of documents is in units of pieces, at most tens per month (eg contracts or invoices), the easiest...

Ο κανονισμός σχετικά με την ηλεκτρονική ταυτοποίηση και τις υπηρεσίες εμπιστοσύνης (eIDAS) τέθηκε σε ισχύ τον Ιούλιο 2014 με σκοπό την πραγματοποίηση ασφαλών και απρόσκοπτων ηλεκτρονικών συναλλαγών εντός της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης. Τα κράτη μέλη της ...

It may happen that you manage to block the Digital Signature PIN for access to qualified certificates stored on a USB token or smart card. In the factory settings, the number of input attempts is limited to 3. We can check the status of the token or ...

The token password is used, for example, to log in to the token or to create an electronic signature that is not qualified. If you have entered the wrong token password 5 times, the token automatically locks for security reasons. You can check the s...

There is an instruction below on how to connect the module with the Gemalto Safenet eToken 5110CC (940) USB token and set it in Adobe Acrobat Reader DC on Mac OS (Apple):  Open Preferences in Acrobat Reader DC (dropdown menu under Acrobat Rea...

Gemalto customers migrating from IDGo 800 must uninstall their version of IDGo 800 and install SafeNet Authentication Client. If you have the original version of the IDGo 800 driver installed on your Mac, Safenet Authentication will not install (ins...

In terms of usage, the main difference is that the eToken 5110+ has one set of passwords for PKI (password and admin password). The token can hold up to 20 key pairs (certificates). SafeNet eToken 5110CC (940) tokens have 2 separate partitions: Secti...