DIGITAL CERTIFICATES

DIGITAL CERTIFICATES

Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) are the digital equivalent (that is electronic format) of physical or paper certificates. Examples of physical certificates are drivers' licenses, passports or membership cards. Certificates serve as a proof of identity of an individual for a certain purpose; for example, a driver's license identifies someone who can legally drive in a particular country. Likewise, a digital certificate can be presented electronically to prove your identity, to access information or services on the Internet or to sign certain documents digitally.

Types of the Digital Certificates

  • DGFT Digital Certificates (Safe Exim)
  • MCA Digital Certificates (RCAI Class 2)
  • RCAI Class 3 Digital Certificates
  • VTN Class 3 Digital Certificates

DGFT DIGITAL CERTIFICATES (SAFE EXIM)

  • This type of digital certificate is created only for Importer/Exporter community.
  • This certificate is made compulsory for all importer/exporter, who want to apply for DEPB/EPCG/Focus etc. online to DGFT.
  • Using this certificate they can save 50% of their license application fees.
  • This certificate comes with two options, 1 year Validity & 2 Years Validity.
  • Both type of certificates can be renewed with 1 year & 2 years combination.
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MCA DIGITAL CERTIFICATES (RCAI CLASS 2)

  • This type of digital certificate is created for ROC (Registrar Of Companies) & Income Tax e-filling.
  • This certificate is made compulsory for all directors of private limited & limited companies.
  • This certificate can be used to signed e-mail also.
  • This certificate comes with 2 Years Validity.
  • Both types of certificates can be renewed with 2 Year Validity.
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RCAI CLASS 3 DIGITAL CERTIFICATES

  • This type of digital certificate is created mainly for e-Tendering.
  • This certificate is made compulsory for vendors, who are submitting various type of tenders online.
  • This certificate comes with two options. One with Organization Name and other is without Organization Name.
  • Both the types are available with two 2 Years Validity.
  • Both type of certificates can be renewed with 2 Years Validity.
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VTN CLASS 1 DIGITAL CERTIFICATES

Class 1 certificate offers the lowest level of assurance and they are individual certificates and should not be used for authentication purposes or to support non-repudiation. The authentication procedures are based on assurances that the Subscriber has a unique name within the domain of a particular CA and that a certain E-mail address is linked with a public key. These certificates do not validate the identity of the subscriber and so they are not Persona-verified Digital Signature Certificates.

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WHY USB E-TOKEN?

Signature certificate (DSC) is kept in internet explorer of computer system (PC) but keeping DSC on your computer system has following draw backs :-

  • It can be misused by anyone who is having access to your computer system.
  • DSC is lost if computer system is formatted or internet explorer is changed.

Accordingly, safe and proper method is to keep DSC on e-token, a small USB port devise, which is password protected. The said e-token is a small hardware device and can be plugged to USB port of any system to digitally sign the documents and when not in use can be kept in safe custody.