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Securitylayer

The Securitylayer is a protocol that was originally developed to provide access to the Austrian Citizen Card (Bürgerkarte).

The complete specification is available at:

Since the introduction of the Securitylayer protocol, both the product and the legal framework have undergone several changes. The resulting adaptations for the Handy-Signatur, ID Austria, and EU-Identity products are described in the following document.

Handy-Signatur, ID Austria, and EU-Identity

Handy-Signatur, ID Austria, and EU-Identity are qualified remote signatures which are triggered via signature password and a second authenticating factor (e.g. cellphone).

Phonenumber, signature password and verification TAN must always be entered on A-Trust web pages starting with https://service.a-trust.at/mobile/, https://www.a-trust.at/mobile/.

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Therefore it is not permitted to parse the web page or have it filled in automatically using a program/script. This is stated in the user agreement for the remote signature.

Local applications that utilize Handy-Signatur have to use a local web browser or a browser control to display the A-Trust page. see https://github.com/A-Trust/HandySignaturClientDemo

iframe sizes

The following iframe sizes have been tested explicitly:

  • width 300px, height 300px (300x300)
  • width 350px, height 350px (350x350) - recommended size
  • width 450px, height 450px (450x450)