Instructions for signing documents with qualified electronic signature in InfoNotary e-Doc Signer

About

InfoNotary e-Doc Signer is a product for signing and verification of digital documents in CAdES format. The format meets the requirements of a European standard, replacing the previously used CMS / PKCS7 format. It can be used to digitally sign files.

You can download the software from here.

File extensions

Infonotary e-Doc Signer adds the following extensions to suit the operations performed:

• p7m - extension for attached signature electronic signature for long - term storage

• p7s - extension for detached signature

• tsr - extension for timestamp validation

Signing of file

1. Start the software or right-click on the file then select InfoNotary e-Doc Signer > Sign.

2. Choose Signing scheme.

• Attached Singnature - creates file extention .p7m.

• Detached Singnature - creates file extention .p7s.

• Generic Signature - creates file extention .p7m, it contains timestamp from the timestamp server of InfoNotary, which proves the existing of the signature at the time of signing.

• Long-term Signature - creates file extention .p7m, it contains timestamp from the timestamp server of InfoNotary, which proves the signature and the protected content of the document existing at the time of signing.

• Detached long-term Signature - creates file extention .p7s,it contains timestamp from the timestamp server of InfoNotary, which proves the signature and the protected content of the document existing at the time of signing.