Legally valid Digital Signature Certificates are issued only through a Controller of Certification Authorities (CCA), Mauritius, licensed Certification Authority (CA) i.e. eMudhra.

eMudhra, a Certification Authority (CA), offers valid digital signature certificates through its Registration Authority i.e. Mauritius Post.

You can use Digital Signature Certificates for the following:

A Digital Signature Certificate explicitly associates the identity of an individual/device with a pair of electronic keys - public and private keys - and this association is endorsed by the CA. The certificate contains information about a user's identity (for example, their name, postal code, country, email address, the date the certificate was issued and the name of the Certifying Authority that issued it).

These keys complement each other where one does not function in the absence of the other. They are used by browsers and servers to encrypt and decrypt information regarding the identity of the certificate user during information exchange processes. The private key is stored on the user's computer hard disk or on an external device such as a token. The user retains control of the private key; it can only be used with the issued password.

The public key is disseminated with the encrypted information. The authentication process fails if either one of these keys in not available or do not match. This means that the encrypted data cannot be decrypted and therefore, is inaccessible to unauthorized parties.

A digital signature is an electronic method of signing an electronic document whereas a Digital Signature Certificate is a computer based electronic record that

Signing establishes authenticity of an email message by attaching your Digital Certificate to the email, but it does not provide protection against third party monitoring.

Encrypting scrambles a message in such a way that only the designated recipients can unscramble it. This safeguards messages against monitoring or interception. For encrypting message, recipient?s public key certificate is required and for decrypting message recipient will use his private key.

No. You will not be able to use one SSL certificate on different websites with different domain names because the certificate is explicitly associated with the exact host and domain name.

A wild card SSL certificate can be issued that can support different sub domains like abc.emudhra.com, def.emudhra.com etc.

The ICT Authority, in the exercise of its statutory function as CCA, is the apex body of the Mauritian PKI.

The CCA certifies the public keys of CAs, which enables users in the cyberspace to verify that a given certificate is issued by a licensed CA. For this purpose, CCA operates, the Root Certification Authority of Mauritius.

A Subscriber Agreement is an agreement between Subscriber and eMudhra CA stating that the subscriber will use the Digital Signature Certificate for the assigned use or objective and that the subscriber is solely responsible for the protection of the private key and ensuring functionality of the unique key pair. The subscriber also agrees through the Subscriber Agreement that all the information provided to eMudhra CA at the time of registration is accurate. In the event of any change in information, the subscriber is obliged to immediately inform eMudhra CA.

eMudhra CA is not responsible for any legal disputes arising due to misrepresentation on the part of the subscriber.