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    EuropePKI : an innovative project

Evaluation process in mind :
To prove the reliability of the development, EuropePKI calls upon an Information Technology Security Evaluation Facility to supervise the evaluation process from the specification steps to tackle an official security evaluation (ITSEC/CC) of the final functional basis at the end of the project.

Reusability of cryptographic components and resources :
To respect the legislation differences in Europe, in addition to general instructions, our cryptographic products are to be plugged.



Hardware support to enable advanced signature :
To avoid the cost and time consuming of the current approach which consists in creating new production schemes for smart cards every time a new project is launched, the EuropePKI project, preoccupied with standardization, helps to set up facilities for production and offers modular and standard procedures.

A development of quality for free software :
EuropePKI benefits from an industrial development lifecycle to ensure an excellent level of quality and thus a successful dissemination and enriching future developments. Moreover, the free software EuropePKI divides by two the total cost per year including directory per entry, PKI software integration, maintenance and consulting (example: securisation of a portal, using x509 certificates, dimensioned for 1 000 000 users).
Interoperability with Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) standard :
EuropePKI ensures a complete interoperability for the exchanges and thus is able to propose interfaces to other PKI solution. In order to respect the standards in progress, EuropePKI is built taking into account the recent specifications of three initiatives for standardization: EESSI, ETSI and ECMA.