Digital Signatures at Uppsala University
A digital (electronic) signature is – like a regular signature on a piece of paper – a method for identification (of the person who wrote the document) or authenticity (so that the recipient of a signed document can be sure of who signed the document). Uppsala University offers two ways of signing documents digitally:
- Using the online service eduSign.
- Using a personal certificate and a PDF-reader.
Choose the method that best suits your business. Read more about the purport of digital (electronic) signatures here.
If Adobe Acrobat notifies you that the signature is invalid: At present, some digital signatures cannot be validated without some adjustment in standard PDF-readers from Adobe. This is because Adobe has not listed Uppsala University's certificate issuer Sectigo in its catalogue of trusted certificates. Therefore, programs such as Adobe Acrobat Reader may display a message when opening a document stating that the signature is not verified and that the identity behind the signature is unknown. The notice does not affect the validity of the PDF-document within the university and documents that are signed digitally as specified in the instructions below are accepted for all activities within Uppsala University. |
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If you have any questions, please contact IT Support.