Release 20220302
Production date: 02.03.2022
- Custom properties in PAdES
Custom properties in PAdES
From this release it is possible to request a get and generate PAdES including any custom properties. Read for more information.
Release 20220112
Production date: 12.01.2022
- Authentication-based signing with Mobile-ID
Authentication-based signing with Mobile-ID
Signing with Mobile-ID using the authentication-based signing functionality was made available in this release. The feature utilizes identification with Mobile-ID from the E-Ident service and the authentication-based signing in E-Signing.
Read for more information.
Release 20220126
Production date: 26.01.2022
Customer test date: 02.12.2021
UI updates
The E-Signing service will in this release be updated with a new look and feel for
standalone UI. In addition, a new UI solution,
pop-up UI, is launched.
The standalone UI is modernised with focus on responsiveness and user experience. The UI has better support for all different user devices. The UI is built up with a Nets header and footer and a customer information box with the customer logo and a document title and description. The UI previously used an iframe to display the different eID user dialogues. This has been removed except for the few eID's still supporting iframe.
Notice:
- Customer logos are now supported as SVG files in addition to PNG. To update your logo,
contact support.
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Available languages in the standalone UI are now configurable.
Pop-up UI is a new UI option. The signing dialogue will open as a new window, partly covering the current window. The URL to E-Signing will be displayed for the end user, so that the end user know where he/she actually is. The UI is built up with a customer information box with the customer logo and a document title and description text to ensure a connection to the originating site.
There are no updates to the embedded (iframe) UI option, but we encourage users of embedded UI to have a look at the updated standalone UI and the new pop-up UI.
The customer test environment and the E-Signing demo app will be updated shortly and can be used to test out the new UI options.
Read more about the user experience in E-Signing.
Release 20211013
Production date: 13.10.2021
Increased document and sign order sizes
The maximum sizes of a document and sign order has been increased from this release. The current document size is 10 MB base64 encoded document and the sign order size is set to 30 MB base64 encoded.
Read more about document and sign order sizes.
Release 20210922
Production date: 22.09.2021
- English as system default language
English as system default language
From this release, English will be the system default language in the E-Signing service. The default language has previously been Norwegian. The supported languages and the rules regarding which language to display to the user are described
here.
Release 20210818
Production date: 18.08.2021
- Control the order of the eIDs
Control the order of the eIDs
From this release, the order of the eIDs on the eID selection page can be controlled using the forcepkivendor parameter.
Read for more information.
Release 20210709
Customer test date: 09.07.2021
Production date: Not yet determined
MitID signing
In this release, the first version of MitID signing will be available for testing. Testing will be done using simulated MitID users and both PDF and text documents can be signed.
Contact support if you want to enable MitID on your configuration setup.
Read more about MitID signing.
Release 20210506
Production date: 06.05.2021
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Include SSN for BankID (NO) and BankID on mobile (NO)
Include SSN for BankID (NO) and BankID on mobile (NO)
From this release, it is possible to request to add the SSN to the SDO by using the IncludeSSN element. This feature is available for
BankID (NO) and
BankID on mobile (NO).
Release 20210407
Production date: 07.04.2021
Norwegian BankID PAdES
From this release, the E-Signing service have added support for the Norwegian BankID PAdES solution. When using this, all signatures will be added to the signed document using a visual seal from BankID with the name and signing time.
Read for more information about Norwegian BankID PAdES.
Release 20210303
Production date: 03.03.2021
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Multi-document signing
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BankID SE QR code
Multi-document signing
The multi-document signing functionality was deployed as a part of this release. The E-Signing service now gives you the possibility to bundle a set of documents and allow the user to sign all documents in one user flow and with only one interaction with the user's eID.
Read more about the multi-document signing functionality.
BankID SE QR code
From this release, the E-Signing service will be updated with the usage of QR code scanning when signinig with the BankID mobile app in Sweden. Users selecting to sign on a mobile device from another device will now be asked to scan a QR code instead of entering their national identification number. This is a new page displayed after the user has read the document:
Read more about BankID SE signing.
Release 20201103
Production date: 03.11.2020
PDF form data capture
From this release it is now possible to retrieve the form data the first signer enters when filling out a PDF form. The form data can be retrieved using the
GetFormData XML request.
Release 20201021
Production date: 21.10.2020
- Minor change in GetSDODetailsResponse for Finnish bank ID signatures
- Authentication-based signing and new eIDs
- Increased document and sign order sizes
Minor change in GetSDODetailsResponse for Finnish bank ID signatures
From this release there will be a minor change in the GetSDODetailsResponse message. When requesting GetSDODetails with a SDO including one or more Finnish bank ID signatures, the PKIVendor response element will now return "Nets" as the PKI vendor and not "Tupas" as before. This change is done since it is actually Nets that issues the short-term certificate used in the Finnish bank ID signing. The PKIVendor element is described in the
SDOSignatures section.
Authentication-based signing and new eIDs
This release introduces the functionality to sign a document based on an authentication. After reading the document, the user will be asked to authenticate. The document will be signed with a short-term certificate issued by Nets CA based on the credentials for the authentication. The authentication-based signing functionality is available for all eID's supported by the E-Ident service. These eIDs are new in E-Signing from this release:
Read more about authentication-based signing.
Increased document and sign order sizes
The maximum sizes of a document and sign order has been increased from this release. The current document size is 5 MB base64 encoded document and the sign order size is set to 20 MB base64 encoded.
Read more about document and sign order sizes.
Release 20200916
Production date: 16.09.2020
Appending sref parameter to URLs
The sref (signing reference) parameter can after this release be appended to these URLs:
- AbortURL
- ExitURL
- ErrorURLBase
This is a configurable feature, please
contact support to update your configuration settings.
Read more about the different URLs in WebContexts.
Release 20200812
Production date: 12.08.2020
PAdES: Changing vendor of Nets signature and timestamp
The E-Signing service has changed the issuer of the certificate used to certify the PAdES document. The PAdES generated by the service is now certified by using a certificate issued to Nets by Buypass AS.
The timestamp embedded in the signature is signed by Firmaprofesional.
The new certificates are both on the EU Trust List.
Release 20200603
Production date: 03.06.2020
PDF Form signing
In this release, the E-Signing service was updated with PDF Form signing. The document sent to E-Signing may be a PDF form. The first signer in the sign order will complete the form prior to signing.
Read more about the new functionality.
Release 20200205
Production date: 05.02.2020
Private NemID - on behalf of company update
An update of the
Private NemID - on behalf of company function was added to this release. Previously, it was required that the signer's CPR number must be added to the sign order. From this release, this is not a requirement. If the CPR number has not been added, the signer will be prompted for his/hers CPR number prior to signing the document.
Release 20200122
Planned production date: 22.01.2020
Content of this release:
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E-mail notification updates
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Bank ID FI logo updated
E-mail notification updates
The e-mail notification will be updated with a new sender e-mail address.
- New e-mail address: no-reply@nets.eu.
- Old e-mail address: distribution@nets.eu.
The changes has been released to customer test.
Bank ID FI logo updated
The previous Bank ID FI logo has been replaced with a Finnish flag at the eID selection page. Have a look at the
eID selection page.
Release 20200116
Production date: 16.01.2020
Content of this release:
- Updated BankID logo
- PAdES updates
Updated BankID logo
BankID (NO) has released a new version of this logo. The new logo has been updated on the
eID selection page.
PAdES updates
The last page of the PAdES document has been updated with a new layout.
It is now also possible to control if the national identifier number/social security number shall be a part of the PAdES document or not. In both the
GetPAdES and
GeneratePAdES this is controlled by the
IncludeSSN element. This functionality is available in the latest XML scheme.
Download updated XML scheme.
Release 20191127
Planned production date: 27.10.2019
Content of this release:
Remove signatureinfo in GetSDODetails message
E-Signing was returning a
SigningTime=1 when a signing time was not available in a SDO when using
GetSDODetails. This has been the case when BankID on mobile (NO) has been used to sign. In this release, the
SignatureInfo tag has been removed signing time is missing. The
SignatureInfo element is a part of
SDOSignatures.
SigningTime is now available when using either BankID (NO) and Finnish Bank ID.
Release 20191016
Planned production date: 16.10.2019
Content of this release:
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Return HTTP 500 error codes
Return HTTP 500 error codes
The E-Signing web service will after the release return HTTP 500 error codes instead of HTTP 200 error codes when unexpected errors occurs. The XML response will be the same, but the HTTP error code will change.
Release 20190821
Planned production date: 21.08.2019
Content of this release:
- For Finnish Bank ID: Breaking out of iframe and improved responsiveness on bank selection page
Breaking out of iframe and improved responsiveness on bank selection page
This release includes two user experience improvements. During the change from the old bank interface (between Nets and the bank) to the new interface, several of the banks will not allow the usage of iframe. To have a consistent user experience all bank clients will break out of the iframe after the user has selected his/her bank. This will happen in the third step of the flow below (this sample is with Handelsbanken):
In addition, the bank selection page (in step 2) has been updated to be fully responsive.
