Section 8 in The Digital Signature (End entity) Rules, 2015
8. Manner of authentication of information by means of xml digital signature.
- A xml digital signature shall,-(a)be created and verified by cryptography which concerns with transforming electronic record into seemingly unintelligible forms;(b)use Public Key Cryptography, which employs an algorithm using two different but mathematical related keys, one key (called the private key) for creating a xml digital signature and another key (called the public key) for verifying a xml digital signature;(c)use an cryptographic hash function for creating and verifying a xml digital signature;(d)use canonicalization and xml transformation to create standard electronic record prior to creation and verification of xml digital signature;(e)authenticate xml documents which contain data as references and corresponding hashes, which is affected by the use of hash algorithm, canonicalization, xml transformation and public key algorithm.
