LAW OF UKRAINE

of May 22, 2003 No. 852-IV

About the digital signature

This Law determines legal status of the digital signature and governs the relations arising when using the digital signature.

Operation of this Law does not extend to the relations arising when using other types of the digital signature including digitalized images of the sign manual.

If the international treaty which consent to be bound is this the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine establishes other rules, than those that are provided by this Law, rules of the international treaty are applied.

Article 1. Determination of terms

In this Law terms are used in the following value:

the digital signature - data electronically which are attached to other electronic data or logically with them are connected and intended for identification of podpisyvatel of these data;

the digital signature - type of the digital signature received as a result of cryptographic transformation of set of electronic data which is attached to this set or logically combines with it and gives the chance to confirm its integrity and to identify podpisyvatel. The digital signature is imposed by means of personal key and checked by means of open key;

means of the digital signature - the software, the hardware-software or hardware device intended for generation of keys, imposing and/or verification of the digital signature;

personal key - the parameter of cryptographic algorithm of forming of the digital signature available only to podpisyvatel;

open key - the parameter of cryptographic algorithm of verification of the digital signature available to subjects of the relations in the field of use of the digital signature;

the certificate of action of open key - the procedure of forming of the certificate of open key;

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