Common-use signing interface help
 
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Signing instructions
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Signing instructions

Prior to signing

If you have you have more than one suitable digital certificate available and/or you have not selected a default digital certificate, you will be prompted to select a signing certificate prior to the signing transaction commencing.

  1. A message advising that you have not selected a default digital certificate is displayed.

  2. Click OK.
    The certificate selection screen is displayed.

  3. Select a digital certificate to use for signing.

  4. Click Select.
    The signing terms and conditions screen is displayed.

Signing for authentication

Unless you have requested that it be suppressed, the terms and conditions confirmation screen is the first screen to be displayed during a signing operation. This screen includes the terms and conditions associated with the operation (as specified by the government agency with whom you are transacting) and a summary of the details of the certificate being used for the signing operation.

To agree to the terms and conditions and continue the signing operation:

  1. Click Sign.
    The password dialogue box is usually displayed.

    Note: This does not apply to certificates accessed through the Microsoft CAPI certificate store, including smart card certificates, or if password caching has been enabled. In this case the password dialogue will appear differently or may not appear at all, and the rules governing password content rules or password attempts may be different.

  2. Enter your password in the field provided.
    Ensure the password meets the content rules.

  3. Click OK.
    You will return to the agency application.
    The signing for authentication transaction is complete.

Signing for non-repudiation

The Terms and Conditions Confirmation screen is the first screen to be displayed during a non-repudiation signing operation. This screen includes the terms and conditions associated with the operation (as specified by the government agency with whom you are transacting) and a summary of the details of the certificate being used for the signing operation.

To agree to the terms and conditions and continue the signing operation:

  1. Click Sign.
    The signing confirmation screen is displayed. This screen is displayed for non-repudiation signing only and displays the data content that is being signed for the current signing operation.

  2. If you agree with the data to be signed click Sign to continue the signing process.
    The password dialogue box will be displayed.

    Note: This does not apply to certificates accessed through the Microsoft CAPI certificate store, including smart card certificates. In this case the password dialogue will appear differently or may not appear at all, and the rules governing password content rules or password attempts may be different.

  3. Enter your password in the field provided.
    Ensure the password meets the content rules.

  4. Click OK.
    You will return to the agency application.
    The signing for non-repudiation transaction is complete.

Select an alternative signing digital certificate

From the signing terms and conditions screen you can select a different certificate to use for a signing transaction. To select an alternative certificate:

  1. Click Certificate.
    The Certificate selection screen is displayed.

  2. Select (highlight) the certificate you wish to use.
    The select button will be enabled (the select button will be disabled until a certificate is selected).

  3. Click Select.
    You will return to the signing terms and conditions confirmation screen.

View certificate details

You can view information about the certificate being used for a signing operation from either the signing terms and conditions screen or the certificate selection screen. To view the certificate details:

  1. Click Details
    The certificate details screen is displayed.

  2. Click OK to close the certificate details screen.

Cancel a signing operation

If, at any time during a signing transaction, you wish to cancel the process click the Cancel on any screen where the button is available.

Note: Cancelling at the certificate selection screen will return you to the signing terms and conditions confirmation screen, from which you will need to click cancel again to cancel the signing process.