There's a ready software can
do this kind of secure doc transfer over internet, called CFS. Check out www.xgforce.com.
Best Regards
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Sent: Saturday, January 02, 1999 4:10
PM
Subject: trusted web doc exchange
I need to make a system which certifies that documents sent
through a portal are valid.
This is the idea:
1.- User
registers in the portal via web
2.-The server gives a certificate for the
user.
3.-The user can then send certified documents, and the
validity can be checked by end users in the Institution which receives them.
I'm rather new in certificates, but I think It can be done with
OpenSSL.
We're thinking in developing the portal in Java or Perl, but our
problem now is how to define the security scheme, and what tools we will use.
So I ask, can the certificates part be acomplished totally with
OpenSSL? Is there an API for Java or Perl?
This is what I'm thinking
in terms of servers:
{End User}
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{Internet}
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{Web Server}<-->{Certificates Server}
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{Administrative people} Receives and check documents
Is
OpenSSL adequate for this case?
What size of key and algorithm would you
recommend?
Well, I'll keep investigating, any help is welcome.
Thanks,
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