PKI DIVISION
NATIONAL CERTIFICATION CENTER
Digital signature Verification and validation user guide
Version 1.0
Revision date 2021-02-27
RISA-PKI
Author
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User guide Document (For Users)
Application National Digital Certification Center. National Public Key Infrastructure (PKI Division)
Process user guide Document number:
Prepared by PKI Division Approver: Date Created: 2021-02-26 version: 1.0
Contents
ABOUT THIS USER GUIDE .................................................................................................... 3
SET AUTOMATIC DIGITAL SIGNATURE VALIDATION ..................................................... 3
DOWNLOAD AND TRUST THE ROOTCA AND GOVCA CERTIFICATES ...................................... 3
IMPORT ROOTCA AND GOVCA CERTIFICATES ON WINDOWS PC: ........................................................ 3
IMPORT ROOTCA AND GOVCA CERTIFICATES ON MAC PC: ................................................................. 4
TRUST THE ROOTCA CERTIFICATE IN ADOBE READER: ........................................................................ 4
CONCLUSION:......................................................................................................................... 9
OUR CONTACTS ..................................................................................................................... 9
E-MAIL: PKI@RISA.GOV.RW ................................................................................................. 9
PHONE:................................................................................................................................. 9
WEBSITE: WWW.GOVCA.RW ................................................................................................. 9
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Application National Digital Certification Center. National Public Key Infrastructure (PKI Division)
Process user guide Document number:
Prepared by PKI Division Approver: Date Created: 2021-02-26 version: 1.0
About this user guide
This guide shows how to verify and validate a digitally signed document. It is very important,
to verify if the digital signature is genuine before you trust a digitally signed document.
After successfully setting up the digital signature, or when you received a digitally signed
document, it is very important to check the signature validity.
Set automatic digital signature validation
Download and Trust the RootCA and GovCA certificates
- Please Click here to download the RootCA and GovCA. (Old RootCA and Old GovCA)
- Open RootCA and GovCA to import and install them on the computer like if follows:
Import RootCA and GovCA certificates On Windows PC:
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Application National Digital Certification Center. National Public Key Infrastructure (PKI Division)
Process user guide Document number:
Prepared by PKI Division Approver: Date Created: 2021-02-26 version: 1.0
Import RootCA and GovCA certificates On MAC PC:
Import the downloaded RootCA and GovCA certificates into the System Key Chain as shown
below:
Note: Please do this for both the downloaded RootCA and GovCA certificates. (Old RootCA and
Old GovCA)
Trust the RootCA certificate in Adobe reader:
After digitally signing a pdf file, we need first to trust the RootCA Certificate in the Adobe Reader
to allow the automatic signature validation. (We recommend to import both new and old RootCA
and CA certificate).
Below are the steps showing how to trust the RootCA and Validated the digital signatures:
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Application National Digital Certification Center. National Public Key Infrastructure (PKI Division)
Process user guide Document number:
Prepared by PKI Division Approver: Date Created: 2021-02-26 version: 1.0
After Importing and installing RootCA and GovCA, if you open the signature property you get the
following image:
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Application National Digital Certification Center. National Public Key Infrastructure (PKI Division)
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Then if the pop up comes, click ok:
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Application National Digital Certification Center. National Public Key Infrastructure (PKI Division)
Process user guide Document number:
Prepared by PKI Division Approver: Date Created: 2021-02-26 version: 1.0
Then Validate the signature:
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Process user guide Document number:
Prepared by PKI Division Approver: Date Created: 2021-02-26 version: 1.0
Additional information on the signature validity:
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Application National Digital Certification Center. National Public Key Infrastructure (PKI Division)
Process user guide Document number:
Prepared by PKI Division Approver: Date Created: 2021-02-26 version: 1.0
Conclusion:
It is very important to setup the digital signature properly to ensure that the user private key is well
protected.
It is also very important to set automatic signature validation to allow the smooth verification and
validation of digitally signed documents.
You can have access to a full digital signature setup and validation video user guide from this link:
Video Guide.
Our Contacts
You can use the following contacts in case you need additional support or explanation related with the
digital signature and digital certificate.
E-mail: pki@risa.gov.rw
Phone:
- Toll Free: 4046
- International: +250788390212
Website: www.govca.rw
- This web site serves as our web portal for the application
- You can also access it to get detailed information on the provided services.
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