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OpenTrust Launches OpenTrust TSA (TimeStamping Authority)
June 2008 by Marc Jacob
OpenTrust announces the release of a new component of its product suite: OpenTrust TSA (TimeStamping Authority). This latest addition to the publisher’s trust and security software platform provides businesses with a timestamping solution for electronic documents and transactions that is legally recognized.
As more and more enterprises are computerizing their critical business processes, such as the digital signing of contracts, invoices and orders, OpenTrust, Europe’s leader in trust and security infrastructures, further develops its flagship product suite, with the addition of a new timestamping component.
The OpenTrust TSA solution is already up and running at the “Caisse Nationale des URSSAF (ACOSS)” in France, where probative digital documents are legally archived. Opentrust TSA provides a reliable, legally-recognized time source, issuing timestamps signed by a trusted authority. When used in conjunction with digital certificate and/or electronic signature management services, Opentrust TSA customers are able to build solutions without external dependencies or hidden costs for their electronic business processes, therefore obtaining a rapid return on investment.
Compliant with timestamping standards (RCF 3161), OpenTrust TSA is based on the normalized TSP and certificate profile specified in RFC 3280. It can be used directly by business applications or by other components of the OpenTrust software suite (PKI, Smart Card Manager, digital signature etc.) to certify the dates and times of electronic transactions and digital signatures, while simultaneously strengthening the non-repudiation functions of the trust platform.
From a technical standpoint, the TimeStamping Authority incorporates numerous characteristics, many of which are common to all OpenTrust platform components. Technical characteristics include:
– Operating environment based on standard technologies
– Integrated administration interface in web mode (http/s) with support for strong authentication (X.509 v3 certificates)
– TSA server redundancy via use of load balancer (not supplied)
– HSM support on Bull/Evidian & nCipher PCI cards for private key protection
– NTP standard support as time source
– Integrated time synchronization device
– Traceability and integrated audit functionality.
