What is digital certificate? The contents of digital certificates in Vietnam

What is digital certificate? The contents of digital certificates in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. What is digital certificate?

Digital certificate means a form of electronic certificate granted by a certification authority to provide identity for the public key of an entity to certify that such entity is the signer of digital signature by using corresponding private key.

- Valid digital certificate means a digital certificate which is unexpired; not be suspended or revoked.

- Public digital certificate means a digital certificate granted by a public certification authority.

- Foreign digital certificate means a digital certificate granted by a foreign certification authority.

(Clause 7, 8, 9, 10, Article 3 of Decree 130/2018/ND-CP)

2. The contents of digital certificates in Vietnam

Digital certificates issued by a national digital signature certification service provider, a public digital signature certification service provider, a specialized digital signature certification service provider, the Government, a providing specialized digital signature authentication services of the issuing agency or organization must include the following contents:

- The name of the organization providing the digital signature certification service.

- Subscriber's name.

- Number of digital certificate.

- Validity period of digital certificates.

- Subscriber's public key.

- Digital signature of the organization providing digital signature authentication service.

- Restrictions on the purpose and scope of use of digital certificates.

- Limitations on the liability of the digital signature certification service provider.

- Cryptographic algorithm.

- Other necessary contents as prescribed by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

(Article 5 of Decree 130/2018/ND-CP)

3. Regulations on format of digital certificate in Vietnam

When issuing digital certificates, public certification authorities or specialized certification authorities of agencies and organizations  which have obtained a certificate of eligibility for special-use digital signature security must comply with regulations on format of digital certificates in accordance with authentication regulation of Root Certification Authority.

(Article 10 of Decree 130/2018/ND-CP)

4. Digital certificates of agencies and organizations and competent persons of agencies and organizations

- Every agencies and organizations, state titles, competent persons of agencies and organizations under the provisions of law on the management and use of seals are entitled to be granted digital certificates of value as defined in clause 2 of Article 8 this Decree.

- Digital certificate granted for the state title, the competent persons of agencies, organizations must be clearly stated the title of these persons.

- The issuance of digital certificates for agencies and organizations, state titles, the competent persons of agencies, organizations must be based on the following documents:

+ Application of the agency or organization for issuance of digital signature to the agency, organization, the competent person or State title;

+ Valid copy of the establishment decision, the decision on functions, tasks and entitlements or the document certifying the title of the competent person of agency, organization or such State title.

(Article 6 of Decree 130/2018/ND-CP)

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