What do Signing Users need to do to digitally sign documents and decisions in SPEAR?
Signing users are required to purchase an ABN-Digital Signature Certificate (ABN-DSC) from VeriSign. Refer to the SPEAR Getting a Digital Certificate web page for more details. To use your ABN-DSC with SPEAR you will need to download and install the “Common-use Signing Interface” (CSI) software application. This is available from the Downloads page. This is a free program developed by the Australian Taxation Office to manage the interaction between Digital Signatures and applications such as SPEAR. CSI requires Java to be enabled on your computer and will prompt you to install it (if it isnt already installed) when you install CSI. If you do not have Java installed on your computer click here.
Signing users are required to purchase a Digital Signature Certificate from VeriSign. Refer to the SPEAR Getting a Digital Certificate web page for more details. To use your Digital Signature Certificate with SPEAR you will need to download and install the CSI Management Utility application. This is afree program developed by the Australian Taxation Office to manage the interaction between digital signatures and SPEAR. • What is a Digital Signature Certificate? A Digital Signature Certificate is equivalent to a handwritten signature when signing important documents. The certificate must be kept securely and only used by the person it has been issued to. A Digital Signature Certificate is an electronic means of establishing your credentials when doing business or performing transactions on the Web. It contains your name, an expiry date, a private key (used for decrypting messages and creating a digital signature), a public key (used for encrypting messages and verifying digital signatur
