摘要：The paper aims to analyze the importance of digital time stamping service and digital time stamping systems components, organization requirements for implementing digital stamp service system. Time stamping helps significantly increase the level of confidence currently required in a public-key infrastructure by making it possible to track timing of signing the documents. Therefore time stamping in many cases is becoming ultimate evidence resolving the status of documents. The paper describes following Time stamping System components - NMI and TSU interface, Time stamping unit (TSU), Archive, User interface, Control system, VPN router. The paper reflects findings from EC funded 6th Framework project BALTICTIME (IST- 027751).
