
One technology,
two sources of protection
For the Governments that issue electronic and biometric passports and for the host countries that control these documents, Keynectis technologies bring a new level of security, trust and user-friendliness to all passport control operations. The control process is optimized: safer and smoother, it boosts the efficiency of customs authorities while building trust and peace of mind in travellers, whether on business or pleasure.
Sequoia® e-Passport covers the complete product suite (CSCA/DS and CVCA/DVCA) and associated services. The information workflow is set up as follows:
> BAC - Basic Access Control
> Sequoia® EAC - Extended Access Control
> Sequoia® Standard Compliance and Protocols
> Sequoia® Features and Operating Environment
- The Country Signing Certification Authority (CSCA) delivers signature certificates (X.509v3) for the signature equipment (Document Signer, DS)
- For international cross reference, the CSCA publishes in the ICAO PKD (Public Key Depository)
- The DS (Document Signer) interfaces with the production chain and signs the citizen’s data using the certificate issued by the CSCA
- The CVCA (Country Verifying Certification Authority) delivers authentication certificates (ISO 7816 CVC) to the DVCA (Document Verifier Certification Authority)
- For international cross reference, all information flows are managed through the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) interface.
- The DVCA issues authentication certificates for the e-passport readers (Inspection Systems, IS)
- ICAO MRTD
- EAC conforming to BSI TR03110 EAC v1.11
- X.509 v3 and ISO 7816 CVC
- PKCS#11
- LDAP, LDAPS, HTTP, HTTPS, XML
- Participation in BIG Working Group CVCA and SPOC
- RSA up to 4096
- ECDSA up to 512
- SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-512
- Web Services
- Qualified with leading HSM provider products
- Linux/Unix
- Oracle 11g
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