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The Danish National IT and Telecom Agency conducted a comprehensive review of the four Certificate Policies (CPs) for the Public Certificates for Electronic Services (OCES, Offentlige Certifikater til Elektronisk Service) that aim to be implemented to the next generation's digital signatures.
The changes made in the four CPs, from 27 February 2009 to 6 April 2009, took place after a public consultation with selected stakeholders. The revised CPs along with the consultation memorandum may be found here.
The CPs constitute a common public standard, which regulates the issue and use of the digital OCES signature. The CPs thereby set down requirements to the public key infrastructure, and consequently the level of security applied for the digital signature.
The new CPs have not yet been translated into English.
Background:
The National IT and Telecom Agency is the public authority which authorises the issue of OCES personal certificates for the selected certification authorities (CAs), and which is in charge of the approval of the CAs in accordance with this CP.
The CP specifies the Agency's minimum requirements to systems and agreements; it ensures that the signatures can be applied in a manner that is secure for all parties.
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