Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI) - CAdES digital signatures - Part 1: Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures

The present document specifies CAdES digital signatures. CAdES signatures are built on CMS signatures [7], by incorporation of signed and unsigned attributes, which fulfil certain common requirements (such as the long term validity of digital signatures, for instance) in a number of use cases. The present document specifies the ASN.1 definitions for the aforementioned attributes as well as their usage when incorporating them to CAdES signatures. The present document specifies formats for CAdES baseline signatures, which provide the basic features necessary for a wide range of business and governmental use cases for electronic procedures and communications to be applicable to a wide range of communities when there is a clear need for interoperability of digital signatures used in electronic documents. The present document defines four levels of CAdES baseline signatures addressing incremental requirements to maintain the validity of the signatures over the long term, in a way that a certain level always addresses all the requirements addressed at levels that are below it. Each level requires the presence of certain CAdES attributes, suitably profiled for reducing the optionality as much as possible. Procedures for creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures are out of scope and specified in ETSI EN 319 102-1 [i.5]. Guidance on creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures including the usage of the different properties defined in the present document is provided in ETSI TR 119 100 [i.4]. The present document aims at supporting digital signatures in different regulatory frameworks. NOTE: Specifically, but not exclusively, CAdES digital signatures specified in the present document aim at supporting electronic signatures, advanced electronic signatures, qualified electronic signatures, electronic seals, advanced electronic seals, and qualified electronic seals as per Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.13].

Elektronski podpisi in infrastruktura (ESI) - Digitalni podpisi CAdES - 1. del: Gradniki in izhodiščni podpisi CAdES

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI);
CAdES digital signatures;
Part 1: Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures

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2 ETSI EN 319 122-1 V1.2.1 (2021-10)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019122-1v121
Keywords
ASN.1, CAdES, electronic signature, profile,
security
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
Modal verbs terminology . 7
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 References . 8
2.1 Normative references . 8
2.2 Informative references . 9
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Terms . 10
3.2 Symbols . 11
3.3 Abbreviations . 11
4 General syntax . 12
4.1 General requirements . 12
4.2 The data content type. 12
4.3 The signed-data content type . 12
4.4 The SignedData type . 12
4.5 The EncapsulatedContentInfo type . 12
4.6 The SignerInfo type . 13
4.7 ASN.1 Encoding . 13
4.7.1 DER . 13
4.7.2 BER . 13
4.8 Other standard data structures . 13
4.8.1 Time-stamp token format . 13
4.8.2 Additional types . 13
4.9 Attributes . 14
5 Attribute semantics and syntax . 14
5.1 CMS defined basic signed attributes . 14
5.1.1 The content-type attribute . 14
5.1.2 The message-digest attribute . 14
5.2 Basic attributes for CAdES signatures . 15
5.2.1 The signing-time attribute . 15
5.2.2 Signing certificate reference attributes . 15
5.2.2.1 General requirements . 15
5.2.2.2 ESS signing-certificate attribute . 15
5.2.2.3 ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute . 15
5.2.3 The commitment-type-indication attribute . 16
5.2.4 Attributes for identifying the signed data type . 17
5.2.4.1 The content-hints attribute . 17
5.2.4.2 The mime-type attribute . 17
5.2.5 The signer-location attribute . 18
5.2.6 Incorporating attributes of the signer . 18
5.2.6.1 The signer-attributes-v2 attribute . 18
5.2.6.2 claimed-SAML-assertion . 20
5.2.6.3 signed-SAML-assertion . 20
5.2.7 The countersignature attribute . 20
5.2.8 The content-time-stamp attribute . 21
5.2.9 The signature-policy-identifier attribute and the SigPolicyQualifierInfo type . 21
5.2.9.1 The signature-policy-identifier attribute . 21
5.2.9.2 The SigPolicyQualifierInfo type . 22
5.2.10 The signature-policy-store attribute . 24
5.2.11 The content-reference attribute . 25
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5.2.12 The content-identifier attribute . 25
5.2.13 The cms-algorithm-protection attribute . 25
5.3 The signature-time-stamp attribute . 26
5.4 Attributes for validation data values . 26
5.4.1 Introduction. 26
5.4.2 OCSP responses . 26
5.4.2.1 OCSP response types . 26
5.4.2.2 OCSP responses within RevocationInfoChoices . 26
5.4.3 CRLs . 27
5.5 Attributes for long term availability and integrity of validation material . 27
5.5.1 Introduction. 27
5.5.2 The ats-hash-index-v3 attribute . 27
5.5.3 The archive-time-stamp-v3 attribute . 29
6 CAdES baseline signatures . 31
6.1 Signature levels . 31
6.2 General requirements . 32
6.2.1 Algorithm requirements . 32
6.2.2 Notation for requirements . 32
6.3 Requirements on components and services . 34
6.4 Legacy CAdES baseline signatures . 37
Annex A (normative): Additional Attributes Specification . 38
A.1 Attributes for validation data . 38
A.1.1 Certificates validation data . 38
A.1.1.1 The complete-certificate-references attribute . 38
A.1.1.2 The certificate-values attribute . 39
A.1.2 Revocation validation data . 39
A.1.2.1 The complete-revocation-references attribute. 39
A.1.2.2 The revocation-values attribute . 41
A.1.3 The attribute-certificate-references attribute . 42
A.1.4 The attribute-revocation-references attribute . 43
A.1.5 Time-stamps on references to validation data . 44
A.1.5.1 The time-stamped-certs-crls-references attribute . 44
A.1.5.2 The CAdES-C-timestamp attribute . 45
A.2 Deprecated attributes . 45
A.2.1 Usage of deprecated attributes . 45
A.2.2 The other-signing-certificate attribute . 46
A.2.3 The signer-attributes attribute . 46
A.2.4 The archive-time-stamp attribute . 46
A.2.5 The long-term-validation attribute . 46
A.2.6 The ats-hash-index attribute . 46
Annex B (normative): Alternative mechanisms for long term availability and integrity of
validation data . 47
Annex C: Void . 48
Annex D (normative): Signature Format Definitions Using X.680 ASN.1 Syntax . 49
Annex E (informative): Example Structured Contents and MIME . 56
E.1 Use of MIME to Encode Data . 56
E.1.1 MIME Structure . 56
E.1.2 Header Information . 56
E.1.3 Content Encoding . 57
E.1.4 Multi-Part Content . 57
E.2 S/MIME . 57
E.2.1 Using S/MIME . 57
E.2.2 Using application/pkcs7-mime . 58
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E.2.3 Using multipart/signed and application/pkcs7-signature . 58
E.3 Use of MIME in the signature . 59
Annex F (informative): Change History . 61
History . 62

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Intellectual Property Rights
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Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and
Infrastructures (ESI).
The present document is part 1 of a multi-part deliverable covering CAdES digital signatures, as identified below:
Part 1: "Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures";
Part 2: "Extended CAdES signatures".
The present document partly contains an evolved specification of the ETSI TS 101 733 [1] and ETSI TS 103 173 [i.1].

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 18 October 2021
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 31 January 2022
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 July 2022
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 July 2022

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Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Introduction
Electronic commerce has emerged as a frequent way of doing business between companies across local, wide area and
global networks. Trust in this way of doing business is essential for the success and continued development of
electronic commerce. It is therefore important that companies using this electronic means of doing business have
suitable security controls and mechanisms in place to protect their transactions and to ensure trust and confidence with
their business partners. In this respect digital signatures are an important security component that can be used to protect
information and provide trust in electronic business.
The present document is intended to cover digital signatures supported by PKI and public key certificates, and aims to
meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and confidence in electronic transactions,
including, amongst other, applicable requirements from Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.13].
The present document can be used for any transaction between an individual and a company, between two companies,
between an individual and a governmental body, etc. The present document is independent of any environment. It can
be applied to any environment e.g. smart cards, GSM SIM cards, special programs for electronic signatures, etc.
The present document is part of a rationalized framework of standards (see ETSI TR 119 000 [i.2]). See ETSI
TR 119 100 [i.4] for getting guidance on how to use the present document within the aforementioned framework.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies CAdES digital signatures. CAdES signatures are built on CMS signatures [7], by
incorporation of signed and unsigned attributes, which fulfil certain common requirements (such as the long term
validity of digital signatures, for instance) in a number of use cases.
The present document specifies the ASN.1 definitions for the aforementioned attributes as well as their usage when
incorporating them to CAdES signatures.
The present document specifies formats for CAdES baseline signatures, which provide the basic features necessary for a
wide range of business and governmental use cases for electronic procedures and communications to be applicable to a
wide range of communities when there is a clear need for interoperability of digital signatures used in electronic
documents.
The present document defines four levels of CAdES baseline signatures addressing incremental requirements to
maintain the validity of the signatures over the long term, in a way that a certain level always addresses all the
requirements addressed at levels that are below it. Each level requires the presence of certain CAdES attributes, suitably
profiled for reducing the optionality as much as possible.
Procedures for creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures are out of scope and specified in
ETSI EN 319 102-1 [i.5]. Guidance on creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures including the
usage of the different properties defined in the present document is provided in ETSI TR 119 100 [i.4].
The present document aims at supporting digital signatures in different regulatory frameworks.
NOTE: Specifically, but not exclusively, CAdES digital signatures specified in the present document aim at
supporting electronic signatures, advanced electronic signatures, qualified electronic signatures,
electronic seals, advanced electronic seals, and qualified electronic seals as per Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.13].
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI TS 101 733 (V2.2.1): "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); CMS Advanced
Electronic Signatures (CAdES)".
[2] IETF RFC 2045 (1996): "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of
Internet Message Bodies".
[3] IETF RFC 2634 (1999): "Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME".
[4] IETF RFC 3161 (2001): "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP)".
[5] IETF RFC 5035 (2007): "Enhanced Security Services (ESS) Update: Adding CertID Algorithm
Agility".
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[6] IETF RFC 5280 (2008): "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate
Revocation List (CRL) Profile".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3280.
[7] IETF RFC 5652 (2009): "Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3852.
[8] IETF RFC 5755 (2010): "An Internet Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3281.
[9] IETF RFC 5816 (2010): "ESSCertIDv2 Update for RFC 3161".
[10] IETF RFC 5911 (2010): "New ASN.1 Modules for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and
S/MIME".
[11] IETF RFC 5912 (2010): "New ASN.1 Modules for the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509
(PKIX)".
NOTE: Updated by IETF RFC 6268.
[12] IETF RFC 6268 (2011): "Additional New ASN.1 Modules for the Cryptographic Message Syntax
(CMS) and the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)".
[13] IETF RFC 5940 (2010): "Additional Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Revocation
Information Choices".
[14] IETF RFC 6960 (2013): "X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status
Protocol - OCSP".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 2560.
[15] Recommendation ITU-T X.520 (11/2008)/ISO/IEC 9594-6:2008): "Information technology -
Open Systems Interconnection - The Directory: Selected attribute types".
[16] Recommendation ITU-T X.680 (2008): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One
(ASN.1): Specification of basic notation".
[17] Recommendation ITU-T X.690 (2008): "Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules:
Specification of Basic Encoding Rules (BER), Canonical Encoding Rules (CER) and
Distinguished Encoding Rules (DER)".
[18] OASIS Standard: "Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V2.0
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 319 122-1 V1.2.1:2021
01-december-2021
Elektronski podpisi in infrastruktura (ESI) - Digitalni podpisi CAdES - 1. del:
Gradniki in izhodiščni podpisi CAdES
Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI) - CAdES digital signatures - Part 1:
Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 319 122-1 V1.2.1 (2021-10)
ICS:
35.040.01 Kodiranje informacij na Information coding in general
splošno
SIST EN 319 122-1 V1.2.1:2021 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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ETSI EN 319 122-1 V1.2.1 (2021-10)






EUROPEAN STANDARD
Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI);
CAdES digital signatures;
Part 1: Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures

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 2 ETSI EN 319 122-1 V1.2.1 (2021-10)

Reference
REN/ESI-0019122-1v121
Keywords
ASN.1, CAdES, electronic signature, profile,
security
ETSI
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F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
Modal verbs terminology . 7
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 References . 8
2.1 Normative references . 8
2.2 Informative references . 9
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Terms . 10
3.2 Symbols . 11
3.3 Abbreviations . 11
4 General syntax . 12
4.1 General requirements . 12
4.2 The data content type. 12
4.3 The signed-data content type . 12
4.4 The SignedData type . 12
4.5 The EncapsulatedContentInfo type . 12
4.6 The SignerInfo type . 13
4.7 ASN.1 Encoding . 13
4.7.1 DER . 13
4.7.2 BER . 13
4.8 Other standard data structures . 13
4.8.1 Time-stamp token format . 13
4.8.2 Additional types . 13
4.9 Attributes . 14
5 Attribute semantics and syntax . 14
5.1 CMS defined basic signed attributes . 14
5.1.1 The content-type attribute . 14
5.1.2 The message-digest attribute . 14
5.2 Basic attributes for CAdES signatures . 15
5.2.1 The signing-time attribute . 15
5.2.2 Signing certificate reference attributes . 15
5.2.2.1 General requirements . 15
5.2.2.2 ESS signing-certificate attribute . 15
5.2.2.3 ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute . 15
5.2.3 The commitment-type-indication attribute . 16
5.2.4 Attributes for identifying the signed data type . 17
5.2.4.1 The content-hints attribute . 17
5.2.4.2 The mime-type attribute . 17
5.2.5 The signer-location attribute . 18
5.2.6 Incorporating attributes of the signer . 18
5.2.6.1 The signer-attributes-v2 attribute . 18
5.2.6.2 claimed-SAML-assertion . 20
5.2.6.3 signed-SAML-assertion . 20
5.2.7 The countersignature attribute . 20
5.2.8 The content-time-stamp attribute . 21
5.2.9 The signature-policy-identifier attribute and the SigPolicyQualifierInfo type . 21
5.2.9.1 The signature-policy-identifier attribute . 21
5.2.9.2 The SigPolicyQualifierInfo type . 22
5.2.10 The signature-policy-store attribute . 24
5.2.11 The content-reference attribute . 25
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5.2.12 The content-identifier attribute . 25
5.2.13 The cms-algorithm-protection attribute . 25
5.3 The signature-time-stamp attribute . 26
5.4 Attributes for validation data values . 26
5.4.1 Introduction. 26
5.4.2 OCSP responses . 26
5.4.2.1 OCSP response types . 26
5.4.2.2 OCSP responses within RevocationInfoChoices . 26
5.4.3 CRLs . 27
5.5 Attributes for long term availability and integrity of validation material . 27
5.5.1 Introduction. 27
5.5.2 The ats-hash-index-v3 attribute . 27
5.5.3 The archive-time-stamp-v3 attribute . 29
6 CAdES baseline signatures . 31
6.1 Signature levels . 31
6.2 General requirements . 32
6.2.1 Algorithm requirements . 32
6.2.2 Notation for requirements . 32
6.3 Requirements on components and services . 34
6.4 Legacy CAdES baseline signatures . 37
Annex A (normative): Additional Attributes Specification . 38
A.1 Attributes for validation data . 38
A.1.1 Certificates validation data . 38
A.1.1.1 The complete-certificate-references attribute . 38
A.1.1.2 The certificate-values attribute . 39
A.1.2 Revocation validation data . 39
A.1.2.1 The complete-revocation-references attribute. 39
A.1.2.2 The revocation-values attribute . 41
A.1.3 The attribute-certificate-references attribute . 42
A.1.4 The attribute-revocation-references attribute . 43
A.1.5 Time-stamps on references to validation data . 44
A.1.5.1 The time-stamped-certs-crls-references attribute . 44
A.1.5.2 The CAdES-C-timestamp attribute . 45
A.2 Deprecated attributes . 45
A.2.1 Usage of deprecated attributes . 45
A.2.2 The other-signing-certificate attribute . 46
A.2.3 The signer-attributes attribute . 46
A.2.4 The archive-time-stamp attribute . 46
A.2.5 The long-term-validation attribute . 46
A.2.6 The ats-hash-index attribute . 46
Annex B (normative): Alternative mechanisms for long term availability and integrity of
validation data . 47
Annex C: Void . 48
Annex D (normative): Signature Format Definitions Using X.680 ASN.1 Syntax . 49
Annex E (informative): Example Structured Contents and MIME . 56
E.1 Use of MIME to Encode Data . 56
E.1.1 MIME Structure . 56
E.1.2 Header Information . 56
E.1.3 Content Encoding . 57
E.1.4 Multi-Part Content . 57
E.2 S/MIME . 57
E.2.1 Using S/MIME . 57
E.2.2 Using application/pkcs7-mime . 58
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E.2.3 Using multipart/signed and application/pkcs7-signature . 58
E.3 Use of MIME in the signature . 59
Annex F (informative): Change History . 61
History . 62

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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The declarations
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, are publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be
found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to
ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
ETSI Web server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI Directives including the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation regarding the essentiality of IPRs,
including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not
referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become,
essential to the present document.
Trademarks
The present document may include trademarks and/or tradenames which are asserted and/or registered by their owners.
ETSI claims no ownership of these except for any which are indicated as being the property of ETSI, and conveys no
right to use or reproduce any trademark and/or tradename. Mention of those trademarks in the present document does
not constitute an endorsement by ETSI of products, services or organizations associated with those trademarks.
DECT™, PLUGTESTS™, UMTS™ and the ETSI logo are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its

Members. 3GPP™ and LTE™ are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the 3GPP
Organizational Partners. oneM2M™ logo is a trademark of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the
®
oneM2M Partners. GSM and the GSM logo are trademarks registered and owned by the GSM Association.
Foreword
This European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and
Infrastructures (ESI).
The present document is part 1 of a multi-part deliverable covering CAdES digital signatures, as identified below:
Part 1: "Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures";
Part 2: "Extended CAdES signatures".
The present document partly contains an evolved specification of the ETSI TS 101 733 [1] and ETSI TS 103 173 [i.1].

National transposition dates
Date of adoption of this EN: 18 October 2021
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 31 January 2022
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 31 July 2022
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 31 July 2022

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Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Introduction
Electronic commerce has emerged as a frequent way of doing business between companies across local, wide area and
global networks. Trust in this way of doing business is essential for the success and continued development of
electronic commerce. It is therefore important that companies using this electronic means of doing business have
suitable security controls and mechanisms in place to protect their transactions and to ensure trust and confidence with
their business partners. In this respect digital signatures are an important security component that can be used to protect
information and provide trust in electronic business.
The present document is intended to cover digital signatures supported by PKI and public key certificates, and aims to
meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and confidence in electronic transactions,
including, amongst other, applicable requirements from Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.13].
The present document can be used for any transaction between an individual and a company, between two companies,
between an individual and a governmental body, etc. The present document is independent of any environment. It can
be applied to any environment e.g. smart cards, GSM SIM cards, special programs for electronic signatures, etc.
The present document is part of a rationalized framework of standards (see ETSI TR 119 000 [i.2]). See ETSI
TR 119 100 [i.4] for getting guidance on how to use the present document within the aforementioned framework.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies CAdES digital signatures. CAdES signatures are built on CMS signatures [7], by
incorporation of signed and unsigned attributes, which fulfil certain common requirements (such as the long term
validity of digital signatures, for instance) in a number of use cases.
The present document specifies the ASN.1 definitions for the aforementioned attributes as well as their usage when
incorporating them to CAdES signatures.
The present document specifies formats for CAdES baseline signatures, which provide the basic features necessary for a
wide range of business and governmental use cases for electronic procedures and communications to be applicable to a
wide range of communities when there is a clear need for interoperability of digital signatures used in electronic
documents.
The present document defines four levels of CAdES baseline signatures addressing incremental requirements to
maintain the validity of the signatures over the long term, in a way that a certain level always addresses all the
requirements addressed at levels that are below it. Each level requires the presence of certain CAdES attributes, suitably
profiled for reducing the optionality as much as possible.
Procedures for creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures are out of scope and specified in
ETSI EN 319 102-1 [i.5]. Guidance on creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures including the
usage of the different properties defined in the present document is provided in ETSI TR 119 100 [i.4].
The present document aims at supporting digital signatures in different regulatory frameworks.
NOTE: Specifically, but not exclusively, CAdES digital signatures specified in the present document aim at
supporting electronic signatures, advanced electronic signatures, qualified electronic signatures,
electronic seals, advanced electronic seals, and qualified electronic seals as per Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.13].
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
https://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI TS 101 733 (V2.2.1): "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); CMS Advanced
Electronic Signatures (CAdES)".
[2] IETF RFC 2045 (1996): "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of
Internet Message Bodies".
[3] IETF RFC 2634 (1999): "Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME".
[4] IETF RFC 3161 (2001): "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP)".
[5] IETF RFC 5035 (2007): "Enhanced Security Services (ESS) Update: Adding CertID Algorithm
Agility".
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[6] IETF RFC 5280 (2008): "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate
Revocation List (CRL) Profile".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3280.
[7] IETF RFC 5652 (2009): "Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3852.
[8] IETF RFC 5755 (2010): "An Internet Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3281.
[9] IETF RFC 5816 (2010): "ESSCertIDv2 Update for RFC 3161".
[10] IETF RFC 5911 (2010): "New ASN.1 Modules for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and
S/MIME".
[11] IETF RFC 5912 (2010): "New ASN.1 Modules for the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.5
...

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Reference
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Keywords
ASN.1, CAdES, electronic signature, profile,
security
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
Modal verbs terminology . 6
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 References . 8
2.1 Normative references . 8
2.2 Informative references . 9
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Terms . 10
3.2 Symbols . 11
3.3 Abbreviations . 11
4 General syntax . 12
4.1 General requirements . 12
4.2 The data content type. 12
4.3 The signed-data content type . 12
4.4 The SignedData type . 12
4.5 The EncapsulatedContentInfo type . 12
4.6 The SignerInfo type . 13
4.7 ASN.1 Encoding . 13
4.7.1 DER . 13
4.7.2 BER . 13
4.8 Other standard data structures . 13
4.8.1 Time-stamp token format . 13
4.8.2 Additional types . 13
4.9 Attributes . 14
5 Attribute semantics and syntax . 14
5.1 CMS defined basic signed attributes . 14
5.1.1 The content-type attribute . 14
5.1.2 The message-digest attribute . 14
5.2 Basic attributes for CAdES signatures . 15
5.2.1 The signing-time attribute . 15
5.2.2 Signing certificate reference attributes . 15
5.2.2.1 General requirements . 15
5.2.2.2 ESS signing-certificate attribute . 15
5.2.2.3 ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute . 15
5.2.3 The commitment-type-indication attribute . 16
5.2.4 Attributes for identifying the signed data type . 17
5.2.4.1 The content-hints attribute . 17
5.2.4.2 The mime-type attribute . 17
5.2.5 The signer-location attribute . 18
5.2.6 Incorporating attributes of the signer . 18
5.2.6.1 The signer-attributes-v2 attribute . 18
5.2.6.2 claimed-SAML-assertion . 20
5.2.6.3 signed-SAML-assertion . 20
5.2.7 The countersignature attribute . 20
5.2.8 The content-time-stamp attribute . 21
5.2.9 The signature-policy-identifier attribute and the SigPolicyQualifierInfo type . 21
5.2.9.1 The signature-policy-identifier attribute . 21
5.2.9.2 The SigPolicyQualifierInfo type . 22
5.2.10 The signature-policy-store attribute . 24
5.2.11 The content-reference attribute . 25
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5.2.12 The content-identifier attribute . 25
5.2.13 The cms-algorithm-protection attribute . 25
5.3 The signature-time-stamp attribute . 26
5.4 Attributes for validation data values . 26
5.4.1 Introduction. 26
5.4.2 OCSP responses . 26
5.4.2.1 OCSP response types . 26
5.4.2.2 OCSP responses within RevocationInfoChoices . 26
5.4.3 CRLs . 27
5.5 Attributes for long term availability and integrity of validation material . 27
5.5.1 Introduction. 27
5.5.2 The ats-hash-index-v3 attribute . 27
5.5.3 The archive-time-stamp-v3 attribute . 29
6 CAdES baseline signatures . 31
6.1 Signature levels . 31
6.2 General requirements . 32
6.2.1 Algorithm requirements . 32
6.2.2 Notation for requirements . 32
6.3 Requirements on components and services . 34
6.4 Legacy CAdES baseline signatures . 37
Annex A (normative): Additional Attributes Specification . 38
A.1 Attributes for validation data . 38
A.1.1 Certificates validation data . 38
A.1.1.1 The complete-certificate-references attribute . 38
A.1.1.2 The certificate-values attribute . 39
A.1.2 Revocation validation data . 39
A.1.2.1 The complete-revocation-references attribute. 39
A.1.2.2 The revocation-values attribute . 41
A.1.3 The attribute-certificate-references attribute . 42
A.1.4 The attribute-revocation-references attribute . 43
A.1.5 Time-stamps on references to validation data . 44
A.1.5.1 The time-stamped-certs-crls-references attribute . 44
A.1.5.2 The CAdES-C-timestamp attribute . 45
A.2 Deprecated attributes . 45
A.2.1 Usage of deprecated attributes . 45
A.2.2 The other-signing-certificate attribute . 45
A.2.3 The signer-attributes attribute . 46
A.2.4 The archive-time-stamp attribute . 46
A.2.5 The long-term-validation attribute . 46
A.2.6 The ats-hash-index attribute . 46
Annex B (normative): Alternative mechanisms for long term availability and integrity of
validation data . 47
Annex C: Void . 48
Annex D (normative): Signature Format Definitions Using X.680 ASN.1 Syntax . 49
Annex E (informative): Example Structured Contents and MIME . 56
E.1 Use of MIME to Encode Data . 56
E.1.1 MIME Structure . 56
E.1.2 Header Information . 56
E.1.3 Content Encoding . 57
E.1.4 Multi-Part Content . 57
E.2 S/MIME . 57
E.2.1 Using S/MIME . 57
E.2.2 Using application/pkcs7-mime . 58
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E.2.3 Using multipart/signed and application/pkcs7-signature . 58
E.3 Use of MIME in the signature . 59
Annex F (informative): Change History . 61
History . 62

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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The declarations
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, are publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be
found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to
ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
ETSI Web server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
Pursuant to the ETSI Directives including the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation regarding the essentiality of IPRs,
including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not
referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become,
essential to the present document.
Trademarks
The present document may include trademarks and/or tradenames which are asserted and/or registered by their owners.
ETSI claims no ownership of these except for any which are indicated as being the property of ETSI, and conveys no
right to use or reproduce any trademark and/or tradename. Mention of those trademarks in the present document does
not constitute an endorsement by ETSI of products, services or organizations associated with those trademarks.
DECT™, PLUGTESTS™, UMTS™ and the ETSI logo are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its

Members. 3GPP™ and LTE™ are trademarks of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the 3GPP
Organizational Partners. oneM2M™ logo is a trademark of ETSI registered for the benefit of its Members and of the
®
oneM2M Partners. GSM and the GSM logo are trademarks registered and owned by the GSM Association.
Foreword
This draft European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and
Infrastructures (ESI), and is now submitted for the combined Public Enquiry and Vote phase of the ETSI standards EN
Approval Procedure.
The present document is part 1 of a multi-part deliverable covering CAdES digital signatures, as identified below:
Part 1: "Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures";
Part 2: "Extended CAdES signatures".
The present document partly contains an evolved specification of the ETSI TS 101 733 [1] and ETSI TS 103 173 [i.1].

Proposed national transposition dates
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 3 months after ETSI publication
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 6 months after doa
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 6 months after doa

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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Introduction
Electronic commerce has emerged as a frequent way of doing business between companies across local, wide area and
global networks. Trust in this way of doing business is essential for the success and continued development of
electronic commerce. It is therefore important that companies using this electronic means of doing business have
suitable security controls and mechanisms in place to protect their transactions and to ensure trust and confidence with
their business partners. In this respect digital signatures are an important security component that can be used to protect
information and provide trust in electronic business.
The present document is intended to cover digital signatures supported by PKI and public key certificates, and aims to
meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and confidence in electronic transactions,
including, amongst other, applicable requirements from Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.13].
The present document can be used for any transaction between an individual and a company, between two companies,
between an individual and a governmental body, etc. The present document is independent of any environment. It can
be applied to any environment e.g. smart cards, GSM SIM cards, special programs for electronic signatures, etc.
The present document is part of a rationalized framework of standards (see ETSI TR 119 000 [i.2]). See ETSI
TR 119 100 [i.4] for getting guidance on how to use the present document within the aforementioned framework.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies CAdES digital signatures. CAdES signatures are built on CMS signatures [7], by
incorporation of signed and unsigned attributes, which fulfil certain common requirements (such as the long term
validity of digital signatures, for instance) in a number of use cases.
The present document specifies the ASN.1 definitions for the aforementioned attributes as well as their usage when
incorporating them to CAdES signatures.
The present document specifies formats for CAdES baseline signatures, which provide the basic features necessary for a
wide range of business and governmental use cases for electronic procedures and communications to be applicable to a
wide range of communities when there is a clear need for interoperability of digital signatures used in electronic
documents.
The present document defines four levels of CAdES baseline signatures addressing incremental requirements to
maintain the validity of the signatures over the long term, in a way that a certain level always addresses all the
requirements addressed at levels that are below it. Each level requires the presence of certain CAdES attributes, suitably
profiled for reducing the optionality as much as possible.
Procedures for creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures are out of scope and specified in
ETSI EN 319 102-1 [i.5]. Guidance on creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures including the
usage of the different properties defined in the present document is provided in ETSI TR 119 100 [i.4].
The present document aims at supporting digital signatures in different regulatory frameworks.
NOTE: Specifically, but not exclusively, CAdES digital signatures specified in the present document aim at
supporting electronic signatures, advanced electronic signatures, qualified electronic signatures,
electronic seals, advanced electronic seals, and qualified electronic seals as per Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.13].
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI TS 101 733 (V2.2.1): "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); CMS Advanced
Electronic Signatures (CAdES)".
[2] IETF RFC 2045 (1996): "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of
Internet Message Bodies".
[3] IETF RFC 2634 (1999): "Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME".
[4] IETF RFC 3161 (2001): "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP)".
[5] IETF RFC 5035 (2007): "Enhanced Security Services (ESS) Update: Adding CertID Algorithm
Agility".
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[6] IETF RFC 5280 (2008): "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate
Revocation List (CRL) Profile".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3280.
[7] IETF RFC 5652 (2009): "Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3852.
[8] IETF RFC 5755 (2010): "An Internet Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3281.
[9] IETF RFC 5816 (2010): "ESSCertIDv2 Update for RFC 3161".
[10] IETF RFC 5911 (2010): "New ASN.1 Modules for Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and
S/MIME".
[11] IETF RFC 5912 (2010): "New ASN.1 Modules for the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509
(PKIX)".
NOTE: Updated by IETF RFC 6268.
[12] IETF RFC 6268 (2011): "Additional New ASN.1 Modules for the Cryptographic Message Syntax
(CMS) and the Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)".
[13] IETF RFC 5940 (2010): "Additional Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Revocation
Information Choices".
[14] IETF RFC 6960 (2013): "X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status
Protocol - OCSP".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 2560.
[15] Recommendation ITU-T X.520 (11/2008)/ISO/IEC 9594-6:2008): "Information technology -
Open Systems Interconnection - The Directory: Selected attribute types".
[16] Recommendation ITU-T X.680 (2008): "Information technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One
(ASN.1): Specification of basic notation".
[17] Recommendation ITU-T X.690 (2008): "Information technology - ASN.1 encoding rules:
Specification of Basic Encoding
...

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 319 122-1 V1.1.5:2021
01-september-2021
Elektronski podpisi in infrastruktura (ESI) - Digitalni podpisi CAdES - 1. del:
Gradniki in izhodiščni podpisi CAdES
Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI) - CAdES digital signatures - Part 1:
Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI EN 319 122-1 V1.1.5 (2021-07)
ICS:
35.040.01 Kodiranje informacij na Information coding in general
splošno
oSIST prEN 319 122-1 V1.1.5:2021 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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Part 1: Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures

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Reference
REN/ESI-0019122-1v121
Keywords
ASN.1, CAdES, electronic signature, profile,
security
ETSI
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F-06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex - FRANCE

Tel.: +33 4 92 94 42 00  Fax: +33 4 93 65 47 16

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Important notice
The present document can be downloaded from:
http://www.etsi.org/standards-search
The present document may be made available in electronic versions and/or in print. The content of any electronic and/or
print versions of the present document shall not be modified without the prior written authorization of ETSI. In case of any
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 6
Foreword . 6
Modal verbs terminology . 6
Introduction . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 References . 8
2.1 Normative references . 8
2.2 Informative references . 9
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 10
3.1 Terms . 10
3.2 Symbols . 11
3.3 Abbreviations . 11
4 General syntax . 12
4.1 General requirements . 12
4.2 The data content type. 12
4.3 The signed-data content type . 12
4.4 The SignedData type . 12
4.5 The EncapsulatedContentInfo type . 12
4.6 The SignerInfo type . 13
4.7 ASN.1 Encoding . 13
4.7.1 DER . 13
4.7.2 BER . 13
4.8 Other standard data structures . 13
4.8.1 Time-stamp token format . 13
4.8.2 Additional types . 13
4.9 Attributes . 14
5 Attribute semantics and syntax . 14
5.1 CMS defined basic signed attributes . 14
5.1.1 The content-type attribute . 14
5.1.2 The message-digest attribute . 14
5.2 Basic attributes for CAdES signatures . 15
5.2.1 The signing-time attribute . 15
5.2.2 Signing certificate reference attributes . 15
5.2.2.1 General requirements . 15
5.2.2.2 ESS signing-certificate attribute . 15
5.2.2.3 ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute . 15
5.2.3 The commitment-type-indication attribute . 16
5.2.4 Attributes for identifying the signed data type . 17
5.2.4.1 The content-hints attribute . 17
5.2.4.2 The mime-type attribute . 17
5.2.5 The signer-location attribute . 18
5.2.6 Incorporating attributes of the signer . 18
5.2.6.1 The signer-attributes-v2 attribute . 18
5.2.6.2 claimed-SAML-assertion . 20
5.2.6.3 signed-SAML-assertion . 20
5.2.7 The countersignature attribute . 20
5.2.8 The content-time-stamp attribute . 21
5.2.9 The signature-policy-identifier attribute and the SigPolicyQualifierInfo type . 21
5.2.9.1 The signature-policy-identifier attribute . 21
5.2.9.2 The SigPolicyQualifierInfo type . 22
5.2.10 The signature-policy-store attribute . 24
5.2.11 The content-reference attribute . 25
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5.2.12 The content-identifier attribute . 25
5.2.13 The cms-algorithm-protection attribute . 25
5.3 The signature-time-stamp attribute . 26
5.4 Attributes for validation data values . 26
5.4.1 Introduction. 26
5.4.2 OCSP responses . 26
5.4.2.1 OCSP response types . 26
5.4.2.2 OCSP responses within RevocationInfoChoices . 26
5.4.3 CRLs . 27
5.5 Attributes for long term availability and integrity of validation material . 27
5.5.1 Introduction. 27
5.5.2 The ats-hash-index-v3 attribute . 27
5.5.3 The archive-time-stamp-v3 attribute . 29
6 CAdES baseline signatures . 31
6.1 Signature levels . 31
6.2 General requirements . 32
6.2.1 Algorithm requirements . 32
6.2.2 Notation for requirements . 32
6.3 Requirements on components and services . 34
6.4 Legacy CAdES baseline signatures . 37
Annex A (normative): Additional Attributes Specification . 38
A.1 Attributes for validation data . 38
A.1.1 Certificates validation data . 38
A.1.1.1 The complete-certificate-references attribute . 38
A.1.1.2 The certificate-values attribute . 39
A.1.2 Revocation validation data . 39
A.1.2.1 The complete-revocation-references attribute. 39
A.1.2.2 The revocation-values attribute . 41
A.1.3 The attribute-certificate-references attribute . 42
A.1.4 The attribute-revocation-references attribute . 43
A.1.5 Time-stamps on references to validation data . 44
A.1.5.1 The time-stamped-certs-crls-references attribute . 44
A.1.5.2 The CAdES-C-timestamp attribute . 45
A.2 Deprecated attributes . 45
A.2.1 Usage of deprecated attributes . 45
A.2.2 The other-signing-certificate attribute . 45
A.2.3 The signer-attributes attribute . 46
A.2.4 The archive-time-stamp attribute . 46
A.2.5 The long-term-validation attribute . 46
A.2.6 The ats-hash-index attribute . 46
Annex B (normative): Alternative mechanisms for long term availability and integrity of
validation data . 47
Annex C: Void . 48
Annex D (normative): Signature Format Definitions Using X.680 ASN.1 Syntax . 49
Annex E (informative): Example Structured Contents and MIME . 56
E.1 Use of MIME to Encode Data . 56
E.1.1 MIME Structure . 56
E.1.2 Header Information . 56
E.1.3 Content Encoding . 57
E.1.4 Multi-Part Content . 57
E.2 S/MIME . 57
E.2.1 Using S/MIME . 57
E.2.2 Using application/pkcs7-mime . 58
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E.2.3 Using multipart/signed and application/pkcs7-signature . 58
E.3 Use of MIME in the signature . 59
Annex F (informative): Change History . 61
History . 62

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Intellectual Property Rights
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found in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to
ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
ETSI Web server (https://ipr.etsi.org/).
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including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not
referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web server) which are, or may be, or may become,
essential to the present document.
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Foreword
This draft European Standard (EN) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Electronic Signatures and
Infrastructures (ESI), and is now submitted for the combined Public Enquiry and Vote phase of the ETSI standards EN
Approval Procedure.
The present document is part 1 of a multi-part deliverable covering CAdES digital signatures, as identified below:
Part 1: "Building blocks and CAdES baseline signatures";
Part 2: "Extended CAdES signatures".
The present document partly contains an evolved specification of the ETSI TS 101 733 [1] and ETSI TS 103 173 [i.1].

Proposed national transposition dates
Date of latest announcement of this EN (doa): 3 months after ETSI publication
Date of latest publication of new National Standard
or endorsement of this EN (dop/e): 6 months after doa
Date of withdrawal of any conflicting National Standard (dow): 6 months after doa

Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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Introduction
Electronic commerce has emerged as a frequent way of doing business between companies across local, wide area and
global networks. Trust in this way of doing business is essential for the success and continued development of
electronic commerce. It is therefore important that companies using this electronic means of doing business have
suitable security controls and mechanisms in place to protect their transactions and to ensure trust and confidence with
their business partners. In this respect digital signatures are an important security component that can be used to protect
information and provide trust in electronic business.
The present document is intended to cover digital signatures supported by PKI and public key certificates, and aims to
meet the general requirements of the international community to provide trust and confidence in electronic transactions,
including, amongst other, applicable requirements from Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 [i.13].
The present document can be used for any transaction between an individual and a company, between two companies,
between an individual and a governmental body, etc. The present document is independent of any environment. It can
be applied to any environment e.g. smart cards, GSM SIM cards, special programs for electronic signatures, etc.
The present document is part of a rationalized framework of standards (see ETSI TR 119 000 [i.2]). See ETSI
TR 119 100 [i.4] for getting guidance on how to use the present document within the aforementioned framework.
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1 Scope
The present document specifies CAdES digital signatures. CAdES signatures are built on CMS signatures [7], by
incorporation of signed and unsigned attributes, which fulfil certain common requirements (such as the long term
validity of digital signatures, for instance) in a number of use cases.
The present document specifies the ASN.1 definitions for the aforementioned attributes as well as their usage when
incorporating them to CAdES signatures.
The present document specifies formats for CAdES baseline signatures, which provide the basic features necessary for a
wide range of business and governmental use cases for electronic procedures and communications to be applicable to a
wide range of communities when there is a clear need for interoperability of digital signatures used in electronic
documents.
The present document defines four levels of CAdES baseline signatures addressing incremental requirements to
maintain the validity of the signatures over the long term, in a way that a certain level always addresses all the
requirements addressed at levels that are below it. Each level requires the presence of certain CAdES attributes, suitably
profiled for reducing the optionality as much as possible.
Procedures for creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures are out of scope and specified in
ETSI EN 319 102-1 [i.5]. Guidance on creation, augmentation and validation of CAdES digital signatures including the
usage of the different properties defined in the present document is provided in ETSI TR 119 100 [i.4].
The present document aims at supporting digital signatures in different regulatory frameworks.
NOTE: Specifically, but not exclusively, CAdES digital signatures specified in the present document aim at
supporting electronic signatures, advanced electronic signatures, qualified electronic signatures,
electronic seals, advanced electronic seals, and qualified electronic seals as per Regulation (EU)
No 910/2014 [i.13].
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] ETSI TS 101 733 (V2.2.1): "Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures (ESI); CMS Advanced
Electronic Signatures (CAdES)".
[2] IETF RFC 2045 (1996): "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of
Internet Message Bodies".
[3] IETF RFC 2634 (1999): "Enhanced Security Services for S/MIME".
[4] IETF RFC 3161 (2001): "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp Protocol (TSP)".
[5] IETF RFC 5035 (2007): "Enhanced Security Services (ESS) Update: Adding CertID Algorithm
Agility".
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[6] IETF RFC 5280 (2008): "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate
Revocation List (CRL) Profile".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3280.
[7] IETF RFC 5652 (2009): "Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3852.
[8] IETF RFC 5755 (2010): "An Internet Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization".
NOTE: Obsoletes IETF RFC 3281.
[9] IETF RFC 5816 (2010): "ESSCertIDv2 Update for
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