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This document shows a solution to display documents in a trustworthy manner. The application focuses on systems that are used for signing and verification, because trustworthy display is of particular interest in the area of electronic signatures. Moreover, this paper focuses on XML [1] as format for encoding documents. The paper shows how a display module can apply advanced filtering techniques. Such advanced filtering techniques can ensure a maximum of security for displaying documents. A system built on this approach could assist the user much more than traditional systems can. Hence, the user needs to take less care in everyday business, when executing sensitive tasks like signing electronic documents. Furthermore, such a system would be easier to manage, because most functionality is generic. Thus, extending the system to handle new types of documents does not require installation of new code.
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Scheibelhofer, K. (2001). What You See Is What You Sign. In: Steinmetz, R., Dittman, J., Steinebach, M. (eds) Communications and Multimedia Security Issues of the New Century. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 64. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35413-2_1
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