On Wednesday 15 Jul 2009, Nishant Sharma wrote: > I am contemplating applying for a DSC from one of the GoI authorised > CAs. Problem is that all of them provide PKI Client for Windows or > Mac. Only NIC-CA provides a Debian package for Aladdin's eToken PKI > Client and its token/Smart Card Reader is supported under Linux. None > of the other CAs provide information about vendor/model of their USB > token. > > But as I understand, only Govt./PSU employees can apply for DSC from > NIC-CA and certificate has to be revoked once you change your > organisation. > > Has anyone on this list obtained a DSC from these CAs and is > successfully using it for e-filing or filling forms on Ministry of > Corporate Affairs website?
A couple of years ago, I got a digital certificate from MTNL. The MCA site did not list above CA. In fact, none of the CAs on their list was cross-platform friendly. I had no choice but to use Windows/IE combo to download the certificate. Once the certificate was installed I could export it and use it with FF on Linux. For MCA e-filing, I had to use Windows/IE/Acrobat reader combo. > Additionally, is there a PDF reader available on Linux apart from > Adobe Reader that can "Autofill" e-forms of MCA? This is the kind of vendor lock-in that is prevalent in many of the e-Governance portals (see the thread "National policy on e-governance ..." in this mailing list) -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
