XAdES & CAdES Interop Tests
 
 
 

The event will evaluate XAdES and CAdES interoperability by focusing on all the different (C-X)AdES forms standardized in ETSI TS 101 903 and ETSI TS 101 733, including (C-X)AdES-BES, (C-X)AdES-EPES, (C-X)AdES-T, (C-X)AdES-C, (C-X)AdES-X Type 1, (C-X)AdES-X Type 2, (C-X)AdES-XL and (C-X)AdES-A.

This first combined CAdES/XAdES remote interoperability plugtest will be mainly focused at:

  • Conducting interoperability tests for CAdES signatures similarly to what has been done in past events for XAdES. This will be done by defining:
    • Generation and cross-verification interoperability test-cases, which participants implement by generating signatures and verifying signatures generated by the rest of participants. Perform generation and verification interoperability tests on CAdES implementations.
    • Reference-verification interoperability test-cases, which participants implement by generating signatures and verifying signatures generated by the rest of participants.
  • Conducting interoperability test cases on XAdES signatures. They will include a set of specific test cases related to the new version of XAdES.

At this remote plugtest participants will be provided an on-line PKI, providing:

  • Generation of certificates and attribute certificates.
  • Publication of certificates and CRLs in LDAP and Web server.
  • Periodic re-issuance of CRLs.
  • OCSP server for checking certificates status.
  • Time-stamp Authority for getting time-stamps.

ETSI will collect requirements from participants long before the actual start of the event, so that ETSI may tailor them to fit all the participants profiles and needs.

Participants will also be able to generate new test case definitions and signatures, which will be taken into consideration for extending the test cases set according to ETSI's discretion.

Participants will remotely participate in plugtest without having to travel to ETSI premises. By registering to this event, you will have access to different remote services. They will make remote interaction possible among participants and between participants and the ETSI plugtest team.

Number of participants:
Eighteen participants attended from fifteen different companies.