Projects

Estonian ID card software

Estonian ID-Card (EstEID) is a Smart Card with two X509 certificates, one for authentications and the other for legally binding digital signatures. The software stack contains: * Card drivers for Windows CAPI * Card drivers for PKCS#11 (via OpenSC project) * Cross browser signing ... [More] plugin * C++ libraries for reading and writing DDOC and BDOC formats (Estonian specific digital signature document formats that are loosley based on XADES standards) * QT based digital signature application * QT based card management utility * Experimental PDF signer * Experimental OpenOffice integration [Less]

eidlib

The e-ID library is a user-friendly Java library to perform operations on the Belgian electronic identity card. Since the introduction of the e-ID (electronic identity card) in Belgium there have been a growing number of applications using it. Except for being just a proof of identify, you can ... [More] perform a vast number of administrative issues from your computer, sign electronic documents and e-mails and have safe chat session for children. A complete description of many of the applications available can be found at http://map.eid.belgium.be. With a growing number of applications, there is an increasing need for support for the e-ID in multiple languages, especially Java, which has grown to become one of the most popular programming languages. For a long time, the problem with Java was that due to it’s platform independence, driver functionality could not be done in native Java. The only way to circumvent this was to apply JNI (Java Native Interface) which allows native calls to C (or C++, assembly, …). In the original middleware as issued by Fedict a JNI layer is present which allows Java programmers to perform operations on the e-ID card. With the introduction of Java 6 came the javax.smartcardio library (the API can be found here). With this library, one can send APDU messages to smart card readers. The e-ID library provides a very user-friendly and well documented Java library that can be used without any need for an installation, the only thing that needs to be done is to import the JAR file. The e-ID library was a Bachelor thesis assignment by CoMP (http://www.comp.ua.ac.be) to gain the degree of Bachelor at the university of Antwerp. The supervisors for this assignment were Dr. Gunther Stuer, employee at Fedict, and Prof. Dr. Jan Broeckhove, professor at the university of Antwerp and head of CoMP. The e-ID library can be downloaded from the Downloads page, along with the BEIDGui. The sample applications can downloaded/browsed from the SVN at the Source page. [Less]

eid-applet

The eID Applet is a browser component to enable the use of the Belgian eID card within web applications in the most user friendly way possible today. The eID Applet runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms and supports a wide range of web browsers including Firefox, IE, and Safari. Since the ... [More] eID Applet can run both with or without eID Middleware installed, it puts minimal requirements on the client browser environment. The eID Applet SDK allows for web developers to operate the eID Applet with ease while staying focused on the application business requirements. The eID Applet developer's guide is a good starting point for web developers and enterprise application architects. Make yourself member of the eID Applet group for free support and staying up to date with the eID Applet project. Given the constant security threats in the world of web applications, the security features of the eID Applet are ever evolving. Every day we invest effort in keeping the eID Applet as safe as possible by applying innovative security concepts. Via the eID Applet group we also keep you informed about eID Applet security updates. [Less]