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In 2001, mSign gained industry-wide coverage when it came apparent that Brokat (one of the founders company) also obtained a process patent in Germany for using the mobile phone to generate digital signatures. |
In 2001, mSign gained industry-wide coverage when it came apparent that Brokat (one of the founders company) also obtained a process patent in Germany for using the mobile phone to generate digital signatures. |
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==Technologies used== |
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The mSign consortium created the standards on the assumption that a WAP phone with a WAP 1.2 implementation and digital keys stored on the SIM card (i.e. WIM) would be used to generate a mobile (digital) signature. |
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During the standardization process, room was given also to other mechanisms for authenticating the mobile phone subscriber such as the sending of a password via SMS or Dialtone communication and voice identification. |
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The specification also allowed for server-based digital signatures. In other words digital signatures not generated in the mobile phone but on a central server that would then communicated with the signature requesting Service Providers via the mSign interface. |
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==Founding Members== |
==Founding Members== |
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Revision as of 13:51, 1 February 2008
mSign stands for Mobile Electronic Signature Consortium.
Background information
It was founded in 1999 and comprised 35 member companies. In Oct. 2000, the consortium published an XMl-interface defining a protocol allowing service providers to obtain a mobile (digital) signature from a mobile phone subscriber.
In 2001, mSign gained industry-wide coverage when it came apparent that Brokat (one of the founders company) also obtained a process patent in Germany for using the mobile phone to generate digital signatures.
Technologies used
The mSign consortium created the standards on the assumption that a WAP phone with a WAP 1.2 implementation and digital keys stored on the SIM card (i.e. WIM) would be used to generate a mobile (digital) signature.
During the standardization process, room was given also to other mechanisms for authenticating the mobile phone subscriber such as the sending of a password via SMS or Dialtone communication and voice identification.
The specification also allowed for server-based digital signatures. In other words digital signatures not generated in the mobile phone but on a central server that would then communicated with the signature requesting Service Providers via the mSign interface.
Founding Members
Siemens, E-Plus Mobilfunk, Mannesmann Mobilfunk, T-Mobile, VIAG Interkom, Schlumberger, Gemplus, T-Telesec, Trust Center of Deutsche Telekom, cv cryptovision and Brokat AG
Other Members
Advance Bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd., Cable & Wireless HKT, Carticom Corporation, Credit Agricole Indosuiez Luxembourg, EXCELSIS Informationssysteme GmbH, fun communications GmbH, Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Hypo Vereinsbank, IIS/GlobalSign Greece SA, InterCard POS – Service GmbH, ITFinity Solutions, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, MyAlert.com, NSE Software AG, ORGA Kartensysteme GmbH,PAGO eTransaction Services GmbH & Co. KG, payitmobile AG i.G., RCM Technologies (Operational Headquarter, Siemens AG, ICP CD M EBO, SONERA SMARTTRUST GmbH, TC TrustCenter GmbH, WAYS INDIA Ltd. and West LB.
Sources
Uwe Mittelstaedt: Referat im Rahmen des SBWL-Seminars „MCommerce“ im Wintersemester 2000/01 "Die Teilnahme an und die Gestaltung von Standardisierungsprozessen" http://www.is-frankfurt.de/veranstaltung/SBWL-WS00-01/thema7_referate/mittelstaedt/Seminiararbeit%20Thema%207.htm#_ftn20
Announcement that Brokat has obtained a patent, 19.2.2001 http://www.golem.de/0102/12415.html
TuvIT Arbeitspapier: "Mobile elektronische Signatur", Dec. 2002 http://mediakomm.difu.de/documents/forschung/mobile---signatur.pdf