Table of Contents

Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………2
DSC Signer Service………………………………………………………………………………………..…………………….3
Pre Requisite for Digital Signer Service (DSS)………………………………….……………………...3
Downloading the Digital Signer Service………………….………………………………………………4

Checking the System Requirements……………………………………………………….……………………………5

Installing JRE ………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6

Installing DSC Signer Service in client machine ………………………………………….………………………..7

Steps to manually START the DSC Signer Service…………………………..…………………………11

Add/Import SSL Certificate to the Browsers

For Firefox……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..14
For Chrome…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….16
Using DSC Services in eOffice………………………………………………………………………………………………18
Signature Validity Checkmark Visibility……………………………………………………………………………….22
How to verify signature in current scenario………….………………………………………………..23

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Introduction

Till recently the web based applications were using applet based technology to achieve digital
signing that used Java plug-ins (NPAPI plug-in) provided by browsers (Chrome, Firefox, and
Internet Explorer etc.) to run applet inside the browser.

Latest versions of all browsers started discontinuing the applet support (around the Year 2016-
2017) essentially to firm up the security. The signing mechanisms that eOffice (or for that
matter any other web application) was using earlier, therefore, also had to change. A new
browser independentsigner has been developed and released that would work with latest
browsers and does not require applet to run. It is essentially a service that would require to be
installed, one time, in the individual windows client’s machines of the user.

This document provides very simple steps that will guide the user to install the signer service
smoothly on his/her local client machine and also provide help to the users of eOffice in their
respective departments/states.

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 DSC Signer Service
Pre Requisite for Digital Signer Service (DSS)

1. OS: Windows 7 or above.

2. Latest Installation of Java Runtime Environment
3. Digital Signer Service application on client machine

Before running and installing DSS, please make sure you have 1 and 2

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Downloading the Digital Signer Service
The new DSC signer service can download from (as per client’s machine OS):

https://docs.eoffice.gov.in (NICNET user(s))

OR

https://eoffice.gov.in, as shown below

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Checking the System Requirements

1. Unzip the downloaded folder,

2. Locate and run Check_System_Details.bat file from downloaded bundle to check if user
machine has java installed or not.
3. This will check whether Java installed or not. [Arrow 1]

3. This also checks of Port 55100 and Port 55101 are open or not. [Arrow 2 and 3]

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Installing JRE

If Java is not installed, install it from following link:

https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

Click on Arrow 1[if you have 32 bit windows] or arrow 2[if you have 64 bit windows].

After Downloading the required version of Java, Install it on the system by running the exe file
that you have downloaded and complete the process.

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Installing DSC Signer Service in client machine
Note: Before installing, please make sure you don’t have any previous installation of DSC
Signer Service installed on client machine. If there is one, go to My Computer  Click on
Uninstall or change a program  here from the list of programs, uninstall DSC Signer
Service from the system, and then proceed to installation of latest version of DSC Signer
service.

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Following are the steps to install DSC Signer service to a client machine.
1. Locate the DSC_Signer_Service.exefile from downloaded bundle.
2. Double click required exe file to start the installation.
3. For default installation, click Next button

4. Click on I Agree button.

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 5. After installation is complete message will show up as shown above. Click on OK
button and then click on Close button to finish the installation.

6. A shortcut is created on the desktop, named DSC Signer Service.jar.

7. After completion of installation it is required to either run the DSC Signer Service
manually or reboot the system for the first time.

Note: Sometimes a shortcut is not created on Desktop. In that case, go to My Computer  C

Drive  Program Files  DSC Signer Service and locate DscSignerService in it.

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Right click on DscSignerService  Send to  Desktop (create shortcut)

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Steps to manually START the DSC Signer Service

1. Double click the desktop icon DscSignerService.

2. The service will take few seconds to start.
3. A message prompts DCS Signer Service started successfully.

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In Case the Signer Service doesn’t open, do as follows:

1. Right click on DscSignerService.jar on Desktop and click on Properties

2. Click on General Tab [Arrow 1] and See if it shows Opens with Java™ Platform [Arrow 2].
If it doesn’t show, then click on Change Button [Arrow 3].

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3. Select on Java™ Platform SE Binary [or equivalent on your system] and click OK.

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Add/Import SSL Certificate to the Browsers

For Firefox

Open the Mozilla browser and enter the URL https://127.0.0.1:55101/check/isLive

User willsee following error: Your Connection is not secure. Ignore this error by clicking on
Advance button.

Next, click on Add Exception button as shown below

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The browser will open a window to get the certificate. Click Confirm Security Exception
button to add the exception as shown below.

The browser will confirm and displays the message “Success” as shown below.

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For Chrome

Open the Chrome browser and enter the URL https://127.0.0.1:55101/check/isLive as shown
below.
User will see following error: Your connection is not private. Click on Advance button.

A message box appears, click Proceed to 127.0.0.1 (Unsafe) button as shown below.

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The browser will confirm and displays the message “Success” as shown below.

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Using DSC Services in eOffice

To use the DSC Services in eOffice, user will have to deregister their DSC Device and Register it
again.

To deregister, following steps are to be taken:

Login to eOffice, go to eFile and click on DSC as shown below.

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Next click on DSC Registration as shown below:

Now on Right hand side, user will see DSC Device Registered with eFile application. Click on
Deactivate as shown below

A Confirmation box will pop up. Click on OK

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After Deactivating DSC, user must again register the DSC Device.

To Register, Attach the DSC Device to your computer USB Port and again go to DSC
Registration, and click on Signing Certificate.

A window will pop up. Now click on checkbox and then click on Run

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Now select the certificate in the list [arrow 1] and then click on Register [arrow 2] as shown
below.

Enter the Pin in the Verify User PIN popup, and click Login button.

After that DSC device should be registered with the eOffice account.

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Signature Validity Checkmark Visibility
In case of previous DSC, green check and Red Cross sign were being used to display verification
status of signature inside pdf content.

Green check sign was used for Valid Signature (Fig. below) and Red Cross sign was used for Invalid
Signature.

In current version, only signature details are being displayed along with the original content of
the page as shown below.

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How to verify signature in current scenario
Valid signature, Green Check will be shown at upper left corner of adobe reader and also inside
signature panel itself as shown below.

In case of Invalid Signature, Red Cross sign is displayed at upper left corner of adobe reader and
inside signature panel itself as shown below.

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