{"id":34139,"date":"2021-03-18T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/faq\/where-is-the-electronic-signature-created-when-i-use-a-digital-certificate\/"},"modified":"2024-02-12T08:57:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T07:57:46","slug":"where-is-the-electronic-signature-created-when-i-use-a-digital-certificate","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/faqs\/where-is-the-electronic-signature-created-when-i-use-a-digital-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is the electronic signature created when I use a digital certificate?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you wondering <strong>where the electronic signature is created?<\/strong> When we use a digital certificate to sign our documents, <strong>the electronic signature is mainly done in one of these 2 locations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the <strong>user&#8217;s device<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the <strong>server<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Everything will depend on <strong>where the digital certificate<\/strong> used is hosted.<\/p>\n\n<p>If our certificate is <strong>stored in our smartphone<\/strong>, the signature will be executed in our device.<\/p>\n\n<p>The digital certificate can be <strong>located\/located\/installed<\/strong> in different places:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Installed <strong>on our mobile device or computer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On a <strong>smartcard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hosted on a server<\/strong> because we have previously uploaded it there.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a <strong>HSM server<\/strong> where it has been generated and is stored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Finally, our centralized signature platform\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/digital-certificates-manager\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Viafirma Fortress<\/a>\u00a0allows you\u00a0<strong>to store certificates in an ultra-secure 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