Provider Properties

The URL of the trusted time-stamp authority (TSA) from which time-stamps shall be acquired

The TSA must support the time-stamp protocol as defined in RFC 3161.

The property’s value must be a URL with the following elements:

http[s]://[‹user›[:‹password›]@]‹host›[:‹port›][/‹resource›]

Where:

• http/https: Protocol for connection to TSA.
• ‹user›:‹password› (optional): Credentials for connection to TSA (basic authorization).
• ‹host›: Hostname of TSA.
• ‹port›: Port for connection to TSA.
• ‹resource›: The resource.

Applying a time-stamp requires an online connection to a time server; the firewall must be configured accordingly. If a web proxy is used (see Proxy), make sure the following MIME types are supported:

• application/timestamp-query
• application/timestamp-reply