{"id":48593,"date":"2021-03-15T10:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T09:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=48593"},"modified":"2024-06-06T11:16:10","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T09:16:10","slug":"server-and-client-signature","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/www.viafirma.com\/en\/faqs\/server-and-client-signature\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the differences between server and client signature?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Depending on the location where the electronic signature is carried out<\/strong>, it is usually differentiated as server-side signature and client-side signature. Or in other words, unattended signature and attended signature. In this article we explain the differences between<strong> server-side and client-side signatures.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Unattended or server-side signature<\/h2>\n<p><strong>They do not require user intervention<\/strong> and <strong>are performed using a digital certificate<\/strong> that may reside in a software-based store:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>JVM Cacert<\/strong> (Java Virtual Machine Certificate Store).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Certificate Pool<\/strong> (Centralized Repository) or in a hardware-based store.<\/li>\n<li><strong>HSM<\/strong> (Hardware Security Module).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Attended \/ client-side signature<\/h2>\n<p>These signatures, as the name suggests, <strong>are performed on the end user&#8217;s device and require user intervention<\/strong>. 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