The electronic signature - technical and legal implications

• Author: Adrian Constantin Manea
• Position: PhD. Student on Computer and Information Technology, Transilvania University of Brasov
• Pages: 225-234

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series VII: Social Sciences • Law • Vol. 7 (56) No. 2 - 2014

THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE -

TECHNICAL AND LEGAL

IMPLICATIONS

Adrian Constantin MANEA1

Abstract: The end of the twentieth century, known as the Internet bubble

period or the dot-com boom was marked by the adoption of regulations

regarding the electronic signature and its use i n electronic transactions both

at the European Union level as well as that of other structures. From the

technical point of view, the application of the electronic signature on the

documents transmitted online is solved, with the necessary technologies

implemented, in terms of practice, the steps taken are small - we are still in

an early stage of implementation of the electronic signature on tax returns.

Key words: electronic signature, extended electronic signature (advanced),

certificate, provider of certification services, non-repudiation.

1 PhD. Student on Computer and Information Technology, Transilvania University of Braşov.

1. Introduction

In the context of technological

development and the involvement of the

information society in day to day life,

considering that networks play a growing

role in the economic and social life of

individuals, transporting increasingly more

sensitive data and important economic

information, information security has

become a priority and a challenge against

the attacks that take different forms.

The rapid development of modern

information and communication

technologies - a prerequisite to building an

information society - had a major impact

on the society as a whole, marking true

mutations in the operating philosophy of

economics, politics and the cultural field,

but also on the everyday life of the

individual, so that currently, the use of

internet and computer networks is

omnipresent in our lives, in any daily

activity, from job-related duties,

programming our vacations and leisure

time, from making daily or luxury

purchases, to the enrolment in education

and attending courses on online platforms,

from communicating with those who are

far from us via social networks or the

internet, to organizing onli ne conferences

and events even broadcast online.

The interception of electronic

communications and copying the data sent,

even changing them and generating

material damage (e.g. stealing passwords

or bank card details by third parties,

unauthorised by the cardholder) or the

moral damage by affecting the right to

privacy and personal data of network

users, up to the infliction of security

incidents due to natural disasters or

disasters affecting communication

networks, all are threats to networks and