RGS certificates
I March 2013 French administrations will face new requirements regarding IT security: RGS certificates will be mandatory.
What is RGS?
RGS - standing for "Référentiel Général de Sécurité" - is a set of guidelines edited by the DGME (Direction Générale de la Modernisation de l'État) and the ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information) in order to normalize exchanges between administrations.
In March 2013, the RGS standard will replace definitely the PRIS (Politique de Référencement Inter-sectorielle de Sécurité) one and French administrations will have to use RGS certificates for all their exchanges.
The different kinds of RGS certificates
As for 'classical' certificates there are several types of RGS certificates:
- server certificates that identify machines and encipher connections
- client certificate to authenticate, sign or both
- Stamp certificates to sign code
And sub-categories according to the level of security provided by the certificates:
- RGS *
- RGS **: require a face to face. Must be installed on a cryptographic or qualified support
ChamberSign
TBS propose a wide range of RGS certificate from ChamberSign, an authority created in 2000 by the Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of France.
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Who's concerned?
Those certificates mainly aim French administrations but it is possible to issue RGS certificates to companies based in European Union provided they have a valid VAT number.
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To go further
- Generate a RGS server certificate with OpenSSL
- Import matrix for remote transmission, encipherment or authentication RGS software
- All about SHA1, SHA2 and SHA256 hash algorithms
- Certificates signed with SHA-256
- RGS certificates offer
- Browsers compatible with SHA256 hash algorithm
- Servers compatibility with SHA256-signed SSL certificates