About E-Signatures

Other

• Questions about DocuSign

Digital Certificates

• What is a digital certificate?
• When should I revoke my certificate? How do I do it?
• What is certificate revocation?
• What is the normal lifetime of a certificate? What happens when a certificate expires?


Overview

• What is a digital signature?
• What is an electronic signature?
• What is the difference between a digital signature and a digitized signature?
• What happens behind the scenes when a digital signature is created?

Legality

• What is the ESIGN Act?
• What types of documents can be signed under the ESIGN Act?
• What's the difference between the ESIGN Act and UETA?
• Why is an e-consent page necessary?
• What is the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA)?

Timestamps

• Timestamp Authority