Developing ETSI compliant electronic signature module and online application by using CMS-based library

There is no common standart of data to be signed, the signature itself and electronic document in the broad sense. This causes ad hoc solutions and insufficient specific software applications in real business environments. There are special techniques of electronically signing documents. However, compatibility with different formats and long term signature validity is not available.In this thesis, review of compatibility of electronically signed documents with different standards have been made. Recommended for long term electronic signatures, general architecture required for electronic signature application in European Standart is investigated. Electronic signature library is developed to process quickly. Online application is developed to test the proposed method and developed process steps are introduced.As a result, the electronic signature module which is compatible with ETSI 101733 standard and online application running with that module are developed successfully and presented for usage.