Procedure for obtaining TSA Testing Service
Authentication tools and access to the I.CA test time authority
To gain access to the test time authority, you need to select an authentication method:
- Login with name and password.
- IP address login (send the static IP address of the end computer).
- Login with a commercial test certificate (send the serial number of your commercial test certificate)
Send your chosen authentication method, your company identification data (name, registration number, VAT number, registered office) and contact details (name, e-mail) to the e-mail address tsa@ica.cz.
Technical requirements for setting up the service
The communication between the client requesting a timestamp and the time authority server is on-line in the request ⇔ reply mode.
For communication with the timestamp authority and working with timestamps we provide:
- I.CA QTSA client application for Windows environment, which allows to obtain a timestamp for a specific document or file. It is suitable for issuing a timestamp individually by an end user. It saves the time stamp in TimeStampToken (TST) or TimeStampResponse (TSR) format.
- Line/batch client sets - C, Java platform
- DLLs - DLLs are available for Windows and Unix environments. They are intended to be integrated into custom systems for automated use of the time authority service.
- The library for the Linux operating system, comes as a native library in both 32 bit and 64 bit versions, including the necessary files and other supporting libraries. A test application is supplied at the same time.
Another way is to process the data structure itself, this use requires knowledge of the timestamp standard which, among other things, defines the timestamp data structure (RFC 3161). In doing so, the Timestamp Issuance Policy must be followed.