Certificate Information
Types of Digital Certificates and Usage
What is Digital Certificates?
Digital certificate is a form of an electronic identification for the Internet. Like a national Registration card, driver's license, employee ID card but in a digital form. Digital certificate is issued by a Certification Authority to identity of the certificate holder.
Certification Authority
The person who issues the Digital Certificate is known as the Certification Authority (CA).
Certificate Class | Assurance Level | Usage | ||||||
Low | Medium | High | Signing | Encryption | Client Authent-ication | Code/ Content Signing | Secure/SSL/TLS Sessions | |
Class 1 Certificates | ||||||||
Class 2 Certificates | ||||||||
Class 3 Certificates |
Class 1
Class 1 certificates are used for authentication purposes or to support Non-repudiation. The digital signature provides simple (modest) assurances that the e-mail originated from a sender with a certain e-mail address. The Certificate does not proof of the identity of the Subscriber. The encryption application enables a Relying Party to use the Subscriber’s Certificate to encrypt messages to the Subscriber, although the sending Relying Party cannot be sure that the recipient is in fact the person named in the Certificate.
Class 1 Certificates are suitable for Digital Signatures, encryption, and electronic access control for non-commercial transactions where proof of identity is not required.
Assurance Level: LOW
How to apply: For Class 1 certificate, the applicant can apply online with a valid email
address.
Class 2
Class 2 Certificates are used for securing some inter- and intra-organizational, commercial, and personal e-mail requiring a medium level of assurances of the Subscriber identity.
Class 2 Certificates
are suitable for Digital Signatures, encryption, and electronic
access control in transactions where proof of identity based on information
in the Validating Database is sufficient.
Assurance Level: MEDIUM
How to apply: For Class 2 certificate, the applicant should apply to the RA (Registration Authority) of Yatanarpon CA with his application form and should be attached along with the documents listed below.
- The Original and one copy of National Registration Card
- The original and one copy of Census Certificate
- Police Written Statement [proof of innocence]
- Legality of Local Residency Record
- For organizations, the Company’s Registration Card and the authorization letter of the company is required.
Class 3
Class 3 Certificates are individual and organizational those provide a high level of assurance of the identity of the Subscriber.
Assurance Level: HIGH
How to apply: For Class 3 Certificates, the applicant should apply and receive the digital certificate in person to the Registration Authority of Yatanarpon CA for face to face verification.
The attached documents are listed below.
- Original and Copy of National Registration Card.
- The original and one copy of Census Certificate.
- Police Written Statement[proof of innocence]
- Legality of Local Residency Record.
- For organizations, the Company’s Registration Card and the authorization letter of the company is required.
Individual Certificates
These Certificates are normally used for signing documents and making web based transactions by individuals. Digitally signed documents or transactions have the same legal validity as physically signed documents in any Myanmar court of law as per the Myanmar IT Act 2004.
Organizational Certificates
These Certificates are normally used for signing documents and making web based transactions for organization. Digitally signed documents or transactions have the same legal validity as physically signed documents in any Myanmar court of law as per the Myanmar IT Act 2004.
NOTICE:All digital certificates must be used under the Myanmar IT Act 2004.
Yatanarpon CA offers two types of
Class 3 certificates:
Class3 Type(A) Certificate | Government | Individual |
30,000 Ks | 40,000 Ks |
Class3 Type(B) Certificate | Government | Individual |
30,000 Ks | 40,000 Ks |
Class 3 (TypeA) Certificate
Class 3 (TypeA) certificate is intended to use for individual and organizational Certificates. It provides Class 3 certificates, a high level of assurance of the identity of the Subscriber for signing, encryption documents and user authentication.
Storage Type: These types of certificates are issued with USB tokens.
USB Tokens
USB Smart Tokens contain a tiny computer chip for securely storing information. They are designed to interface with the Universal Standard Bus (USB) ports found on millions of computer and peripheral devices.
Usage:
Simply plug the USB key into the user’s PC and it is ready to use.
For Using E-Token, please download the E-Token Software and Install in your computer.
Class 3 (TypeB) Certificate
Class 3 (TypeB) certificate is same as Class 3 (TypeA) certificate which is intended to use for individual and organizational Certificate. It provides Class3 Certificates, a high level of assurance of the identity of the Subscriber for signing, encryption documents and user authentication.
Storage Type: These types of certificates are issued with CDs or Simple USB.
SSL Certificates
SSL certificates Secure your web site to get strong internet security, authenticate your site and encrypt sensitive data with a SSL Certificate.
Reasons to use SSL Certificates to protect your Server:
Online Customer wants to know:
- Who own the websites?
- Who they will have to pay
- The personal information they send to the websites can’t be interrupted by other internet users and
- Proof of the identity of the website owner
SSL Certificate contains the following information.
- The issued domain name for the certificate
- The owner of the certificate
- The physical location of the owner
- The validity date of the certificate
Using
SSL Digital Certificate on the server will allow your website as follow.
Authentication: An SSL certificate securely authenticates your web site to your customers
and partners. They can be confident that the site they are dealing with
is valid and not a fake or "spoof" site.
Encryption: When a Digital Certificate is correctly installed on your web server,
your customers or partners can communicate with your website over an
encrypted HTTPS connection — all data (such as credit card details
or important information) sent to or from your customers will be secured
against interception or eavesdropping. Seeing HTTPS in the URL reassures
your clients that they can deal safely with your site.
Security: Yatanarpon CA will give you 128bit SSL encryption — the strongest grade of encryption available.
Validity: You can get one or two year validity periods. Two year certificates bring cost savings and mean fewer certificate renewals.
Support: Yatanarpon CA delights itself on the quality of our local based support that we offer on our certificates. Get the help you need to enroll, install, use and renew your certificates.
Yatanarpon CA offers
you to create Digital Signatures or encrypt any type of electronic documents
or files.
Digital Signatures for the Documents
The digital certificate can also use for signing and encrypting
documents in MS Word, Excel and Adobe Acrobat (pdf file).
- Digitally Sign into MS Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat
- Use Digital Certificates(X.509)
- Policies to control the use of Digital Signatures
- Time Stamping
Digital Signature for Online Documents
The digital certificates can also Sign documents directly on your Website or Server.
- Select files of any format to sign and upload
- Users can directly connect to the website/server to view and sign documents online
- Uses digital certificates (X.509) to sign data