--- Abhishek Daga abhishekdaga@yahoo.com wrote:

I had to look up the mtnl trustline site for getting digital signatures.

http://www.mtnltrustline.com/keygencheck.htm

It does not work with firefox.

Not just mtnltrustline but MCA site does not work with firefox as well.

So basically you need to: 1) Buy Windows XP 2) Use IE 6+ (with ActiveX enabled)

An email pop3 client is required for using these signatures. They have explcitly mentioned OE. Does anyone know if they work with thunderbird or evolution?

It works with Adobe reader v 7 on Linux though. And certificate is in standard format. So it should work with thunderbird. But wont be of much use as MTNL is NOT world recognised CA.

MCA site is also insecure (uses http instead of https). Cookie is just simple JSESSIONID. Once your friendly neighbour sniffs it he gets access to your account.

And guess what, this site is developed by TCS, leading software company of India. Totally not upto the mark or professional in my opinion. They have made it fully OS and browser dependent and unlikely that they would be interested in making it an independent one.

Amish.