Introduction

What is eParapher?

eParapher is a end user security software that digitally sign files and manage keystores content's.

It supports 3 standards of :

It aim to be simple for the end user : secure by default and "single click" oriented.
Advanced users can also use wizards with advanced signature and cryptography settings.

Quick links

  • You may start with the quick start guide, that explain how to use eParapher in a few minutes;
  • The Trac website will give you more details on the project.
    The Roadmap is open.
  • Find a bug? Submit an evolution request?
    Please report it quickly to improve eParapher quality!
  • Got motivation and time? you are welcome to contribute in many ways.

Why shall i use eParapher ?

With digital signature, you have a warranty that your important files (contracts, reports, plans, ...) comes from the right person, and that it hasn't been modified.

As a PKI Administrator or PKI end user, you can quickly and easily modify your keystores : import/export a keypair/certificate, change the format, ...

Finally, eParapher supports the latests open standards : PDF/A, Elliptic curve cryptography with ECDSA , ...

Product Overview

eParapher supports :

  • pdf convertion and signature on the fly of your text and image files with iText API, and your office files with OpenOffice runtime (v2.4 and later);
  • mass signing (2 files and more in one shot), asking once your secret.
  • Manage your keystores and/or cryptographic tokens content :
    • create, delete, import and export your certificates and private keys ;
    • use keystore files, such as PKCS#12, JKS, JCEKS or BKS;
    • use your Windows certificate store;
    • use your PKCS#11 Tokens, such as SmartCards for example.

Future versions will add new features such as timestamping, signature verification, command line interface, encryption, advanced certificate managment (automatic certificate renewal, act as a small CA, Open source CA connectivity, ...).

Other technical informations can be found on the Trac Wiki.

References and special thanks

eParapher is based on open source products and libraries (APIs).

So we want to thanks :

  • The Apache Directory Studio team for their works on maven and eclipse integration ;
  • The Bouncy castle team for their robust cryptographic APIs ;
  • The Eclipse Team and their excellent rich client platform ;
  • Everaldo for his so famous icons ;
  • The Sun's R&D Team for their great works on Java and OpenOffice ;
  • The JODConverter Team for their OpenOffice APIs.
  • The Apache directory studio team for their great work on eclipse RCP 'mavenization'.