German firms develop prototype eIDAS implementation

cv cryptovision, HJP Consulting and Governikus have been commissioned to take part in the POSeIDAS project by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).This aims to provide a prototype electronic identities and trust services (eIDAS) server and an environment for simulating the functions of an eIDAS token and the implementation of its functions on a chip card.The eIDAS regulation, published by the European Union in July 2014, forms the legal basis for the secure handling of electronic transactions between businesses, citizens and public authorities or institutions within the EU.The French Network and Information Security Agency (ANSSI) and the BSI have already jointly developed the smart card specification (BSI TR-03110 Version 2.20). It is based on the technology currently used in the German identity card.HJP is providing the simulation environment for the eIDAS functions based on BSI TR-03110. This open source smart card simulator – PersoSim – was developed by HJP and certified by the BSI. PersoSim emulates the functions of an electronic identity card and is already used by eID client developers and the BSI, among others. It includes features such as chip authentication, pseudonyms signatures and attribute extensions (ERA). "With POSeIDAS we have successfully realised the first global implementation of the new security features for future ID cards," says Holger Funke, HJP Consulting.Governikus delivered an open source version of an eID server and a corresponding eID client. These are used for the verification of the interoperability of the electronic identities (Proof of Concept). Starting with the eID server and the eID client that already supported the infrastructure of the German ID card's online ID function, the extensions for the eIDAS token were implemented to support all requirements of BSI TR-03110 version 2.20.cryptovision delivered the first implementation of the new eIDAS functions on a chip card. This is based on the ePasslet Suite, a modular Java Card-based application suite for multifunction national ID documents, which is already used in more than 20 eID projects worldwide. The suite provides a set of Java Card applets for passports, eID cards, electronic driving licences, signature cards and other applications, and is also the foundation for the implementation of the eIDAS functionality. cryptovision says: "As a result, the eIDAS functions can soon be used for international eID document projects in a very flexible manner."

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