Enhancing e-Government Services through Digital Time Stamping: Time Stamping System Specifications

Rimantas Gatautis1, Artūras Mažeika2, Peeter Laud3 and  Rytis Satkauskas4

1Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania

2Mykolas Romeris University and VMI , Vilnius, Lithuania

3Tartu University and Cybernetica AS, Tartu, Estonia

4Kaunas city parliament,

Abstract

The paper aims to analyze the importance of digital time stamping service and digital time stamping systems components, organization requirements for implementing digital stamp service system. Time stamping helps significantly increase the level of confidence currently required in a public-key infrastructure by making it possible to track timing of signing the documents. Therefore time stamping in many cases is becoming ultimate evidence resolving the status of documents. The paper describes following Time stamping System components – NMI and TSU interface, Time stamping unit (TSU), Archive, User interface, Control system, VPN router.  The paper reflects findings from EC funded 6th Framework project BALTICTIME (IST- 027751).

 

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